Parts of speech are the classification of words categorized by their roles and functions within the structure of the language
Noun: Names a person, place, thing, or idea
Concrete noun: names a person, place, or thing that you can experience with one of your sense.
Abstract nouns: names a thing that you cannot experience with your senses, such as feelings or ideas.
Collective nouns: names an entire group of persons, places, or things.
Pronoun: takes the place of a noun or another pronoun in a sentence
Verb: Expresses an action or state of being
Verb Tenses: Past: describes actions or state of being that happened in the past, present: describes an action or state of being that is happening right now or happens regularly, future: an action or state of being that will happen sometime in the future.
Regular verb: form past tense by adding ed or d.
Irregular verbs: form past tense in other ways besides adding an ed or d.
Adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun; answers the questions " What kind," "Which one," or "How many,"
Comparative: to compare two things
Superlative: to compare three or more things
Remember some words require spelling changes before the er or est can be added
if more than one syllable add more for the comparative and most for the superlative
Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb; answers the questions "how," "where," "when," "how often," "why," or "what extent"
Comparative: compare two verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
Superlative: compare three or more verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
many adverbs end in ly, use the word more to make them comparative and most to make them superlative
Preposition: begins a prepositional phrase; expresses relationship between nouns, pronouns, or phrases and other words in a sentence. often indicates direction, location, or time
Conjunction: connects words, phrases, clauses, or sentences
Interjection: conveys emotion, feeling, or meaning
Article: is either the word "a" "an" or "the" and is used to give more information about a common noun.
Modal verb: a type of verb that is used to indicate modality – that is: likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestions, order, obligation, or advice.
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Subject-verb Agreement
A subject must agree with its verb. this means singular subjects agree with singular verbs and Plural subjects agree with Plural verbs
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
The pronouns and their antecedent must agree in two ways:
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