Grammar Flashcards
Adjective
Words that describe nouns or pronouns. It tells what kind, how many, or which one
What kind
- happy, brave
How many
- more, two
Which one
- this, that
Article
The words a, an, and the belong to a special group of adjectives called articles. An article can be used before a noun in a sentence
a
- dog, a rabbit, a swing
an
- an apple, an ant
the
- the boy, the girl, the house
Adverb
Words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Tells how, when, where, or to what degree
- When: today
- How: quickly
- Where: outside
- What degree: always
Words that connect other words and parts of the sentence. There are seven of them.
- and
- for
- yet
- but
- or
- for
- nor
- so
Words that express strong feeling or emotion. Can be a single word or a phrase
- Help!
- Ugh!
- My goodness!
- Oh!
- Whew!
- Gosh.
- Ahem.
- Hooray.
Noun
Person, place, or thing
An easy way to determine if a
word is a noun—this works most of the time—is to add an article to it: the boy; an apple, a book
Person
- girl, boy, teacher
Place
- school, home, store
Thing
- pencil, jacket, dog
Concrete
- desk, book
Abstract
- peace, love
Collective
- faculty, sorority
Pronoun
Words that replace nouns
- he, she, it
- we, them, me
It may take the place of the name of the person, place, or thing
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me
Preposition
Links nouns or pronouns to other words used in the sentence that tells something about another word in the sentence
- rom, over, to
- with, until, after
- through, around
- about, above
- next, near
- before, behind
- below
What the subject is or does, or is doing. It can also express a state of being
Action
- run, jump, sit, ask, talk
State of being
- am, are, is, was, were
Helping Verb
help the main verb express tenses or times. There are 23 helping verbs
- am, are, be - been, being - can, could - did, do, does - had, has - have, is, - may, might, - must, shall, - should, was, - were, will, - would
Parts of Speech Example
The boy yelled, “Help!” and he saw a brave dog quickly run to the rescue.
Article, noun, verb, interjection, conjunction, pronoun, verb, article, adjective, noun, adverb, verb, preposition, article, noun
The (article) boy (noun) yelled, (verb) “Help!” (interjection) and (conjunction) he (pronoun) saw (verb) a (article) brave (adjective) dog (noun) quickly (adverb) run (verb) to (preposition) the (article) rescue (noun).
Alliteration
The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of all or most of the words in a phrase or sentence
Patient people picked politely at pots of popcorn
Hyperbole
Using outrageous exaggeration to make a point
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse
Idiom
An expression that takes on a new meaning
Break a leg
Hit it out of the park
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things
He’s a night owl
She’s a shining star
