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Grammar 1-2
Grammar Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun |
| Preposition | A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence |
| Articles | Words that can come before nouns to modify them. There are three. |
| Noun | The name of a person, place, thing, or idea. |
| Contraction | Connects two words into one. Example: "can't" |
| Helping Verb | Comes before verbs to tell the tense (past, present, or future) |
| Subject | A noun or pronoun that tells who or what the main clause is about. |
| Action Verb | A word that does an action. |
| Linking Verb | Connects a word in the verb part of the sentence to the subject. It does not show action. |
| Coordinating Conjunction | Connects words, phrases, or clauses. |
| article | "a" is an _________________. |
| article | "an" is an ________________. |
| article | "the" is an ________________. |
| personal pronoun | "I" is a ________________________. |
| personal pronoun | "you" is a ________________________. |
| personal pronoun | "he" is a __________________________. |
| personal pronoun | "she" is a _________________________. |
| personal pronoun | "it" is a __________________________. |
| personal pronoun | "we" is a ________________________. |
| personal pronoun | "they" is a ________________________. |
| preposition | "about" is a ____________________. |
| preposition | "above" is a ___________________. |
| preposition | "after" is a _________________. |
| preposition | "before" is a _______________. |
| preposition | "within" is a _________________. |
| preposition | "behind" is a ________________. |
| preposition | "by" is a ________________. |
| preposition | "despite" is a ________________. |
| preposition | "into" is a ___________________. |
| preposition | "during" is a _______________. |
| preposition | "on" is a ____________________. |
| preposition | "over" is a ___________________. |
| preposition | "toward" is a __________________. |
| preposition | "under" is a _________________. |
| preposition | "with" is a __________________. |
| helping verb | "am" is a _______________________. |
| helping verb | "is" is a _______________________. |
| helping verb | "was" is a _____________________. |
| helping verb | "were" is a _______________________. |
| helping verb | "been" is a _______________________. |
| helping verb | "be" is a ________________________ |
| for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so | FANBOYS stands for _______________________, which are all coordinating conjunctions |
| coordinating conjunction | "for" is a __________________________. |
| coordinating conjunction | "and" is a _______________________. |
| coordinating conjunction | "nor" is a _______________________. |
| coordinating conjunction | "but" is a ________________________. |
| coordinating conjunction | "or" is a _________________________. |
| coordinating conjunction | "yet" is a ______________________. |
| coordinating conjunction | "so" is a __________________________. |