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Vocabulary
Nouns,verbs,and prepositions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adverbs | a word modifying a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, can answer how, when, and where |
| Prepositions | shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun and its object |
| Prepositional Phrases | starts with a preposition, ends with its objects and includes all words in between |
| Personal pronouns | refers to people and things ( I, Me, He, She) |
| Possessive pronouns | shows possession or ownership (mine, yours, its, our, theirs) |
| Conjunctions | joins words, phrases, and clauses |
| Coordinating conjunctions | links two nouns, links 2 independent clauses or links 2 phrases (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) |
| Subordinating conjunctions | joins a clause that cannot stand along with the rest of the sentence (after, or, once, now, that, until) |
| Nouns | person, place, thing or idea |
| Common noun | a person, place, thing, or idea that is not specific that begins with a lower case letter |
| Proper noun | a name of a person, place, thing, or idea that begins with a capital letter |
| Verbs | expresses an action or state of being |