Parts of Speech (Grammar)

names a person, place, thing, or idea

• noun

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

any noun that does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea; not capitalized

• noun

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• proper noun

the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea; are capitalized

• noun

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

names a thing that is physical

• noun

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

names something that can be thought about but cannot see or touch

• noun

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

a word that shows action or links a subject to another word

• verb

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

tells what the subject is doing

• verb

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

connects a subject to a noun or an adjective in a predicate: is, are, was, were, being, been, am)

• verb

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

helps the main verb express tense and voice; also called an auxiliary verb; most common: shall, will, should, would, could, must, might, can, may, have, had, has, do, does, did, be, is, was, were, am, being, been.

• verb

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

word used to describe a noun or a pronoun; tell what kind, which one, or how many; they usually come before they modify/describe

• adjective

• article

• demonstrative adjective

• compound adjective