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Grades 5 & 6 Grammar
Parts of Speech & More
Question | Answer | |
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Adverb | describes a verb: answers the questions how, where, when; often ends in -ly | girl runs quickly, the game is here, he often helps us |
Noun | names a person, place, or thing | basketball player, gym, ball, |
Common Noun | names any person, place, or thing | boy, store, ball |
Proper Noun | names a particular person, place or thing | Bob, IGA, Nerf Football |
Preposition | shows how a noun or pronoun is related to other words in the sentence (think of a ball, where is it?) | in, behind, below, under, inside, up, around, between, etc. |
Prepositional Phrase | group of words beginning with the preposition | in the yard, behind the fence, below the deck, under the chair, etc. |
Pronoun | takes the place of a noun Example: she, he, they, it | he, she, I, you, it, we, they, her,his, my, your, our, them, their |
Verb | shows action or being (a verb is what you do) | Action Verbs: sings, runs, paints; Linking Verbs: is, was, am, are, were |
Article | a, an, & the | use a if word starts with a consonant, -an if it begins with a vowel. --an apple, --a dog |
Conjunction | words that join words, phrases, or sentence parts | and, or, for, but, because, so, yet either, both, whether, but, not, also, since, while, etc. |
Clause | group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. A clause may be either a sentence (independent clause) or a sentence-like construction included within another sentence (dependent clause). | She is good at math [independent clause], because she practices her facts. [dependent clause]." |
Declarative Sentence | makes a statement; ends with a period. | My dog ate my homework. |
Interrogative Sentence | asks a question | Did you get your homework done? |
Imperative Sentence | gives a command or makes a request; usually ends in a period | Do your homework. Come to our party! |
Exclamatory Sentence | expresses strong feeling | Our team won the game! Help! I can't get out! |
Compound Sentence | contains 2 simple sentences joined by the word and, but, or or. Use a comma in a compound sentence before those words. | The day was cool, and clouds drifted across the sun. |
Subject | part of the sentence that names something or someone; may be one word or many words | The most common mistake-- Ocean water-- Tommy and I-- Jenny-- |
Predicate | part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does; may be one or many words. | Ocean water--moves. Tommy and I--are in the same class. Jenny--got her work done. |
Simple Subject | the main word in the in the complete subject | If there are 2 subjects joined by the word and, they make up a compound subject--they share the same predicate; Ex. Tommy and I-- |
Simple Predicate | the main word or words in the complete predicate | Many babies respond to music. (simple predicate is respond) Little babies can learn a lot. (simple predicate is can learn) |
Interjection | usually expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone | Wow! Hurray! Yay! Bam! |
Adjective | describes a noun or a pronoun | Example: wet grass, beautiful child, exciting game |