Fix It! Grammar Part I

Articles (ar)

• Things, people, animals, places and ideas. To determine, apply two tests: 1. Is it countable? 2. Does an article come in front of it?
• A word that sets up a noun (a, an, the).
• Words that name general things and are not capitalized.
• Words that are capitalized and name specific people, places, animals, and sometimes objects with a name unique to that specific person, place, or animal.

Nouns (n)

• Words that name general things and are not capitalized.
• Things, people, animals, places and ideas. To determine, apply two tests: 1. Is it countable? 2. Does an article come in front of it?
• Words that are capitalized and name specific people, places, animals, and sometimes objects with a name unique to that specific person, place, or animal.
• Two or more words combined to form a single noun. They can be written as separate words (apple tree; shooting match), as hyphenated words (lady-in-waiting), or as one word (marksman; wintertime).

Common Nouns

• Words that are capitalized and name specific people, places, animals, and sometimes objects with a name unique to that specific person, place, or animal.
• Words that name general things and are not capitalized.
• Two or more words combined to form a single noun. They can be written as separate words (apple tree; shooting match), as hyphenated words (lady-in-waiting), or as one word (marksman; wintertime).
• Refer back to a recently mentioned person or thing and acts as a substitute for that person or thing (ex. I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, its, we, they, them, their).

Proper Nouns

• Two or more words combined to form a single noun. They can be written as separate words (apple tree; shooting match), as hyphenated words (lady-in-waiting), or as one word (marksman; wintertime).
• Words that are capitalized and name specific people, places, animals, and sometimes objects with a name unique to that specific person, place, or animal.
• Refer back to a recently mentioned person or thing and acts as a substitute for that person or thing (ex. I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, its, we, they, them, their).
• Words that express an action (ex. chop, budge, confide) or ownership (ex. have, possess, own).

Compound Nouns

• Refer back to a recently mentioned person or thing and acts as a substitute for that person or thing (ex. I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, its, we, they, them, their).
• Two or more words combined to form a single noun. They can be written as separate words (apple tree; shooting match), as hyphenated words (lady-in-waiting), or as one word (marksman; wintertime).
• Words that express an action (ex. chop, budge, confide) or ownership (ex. have, possess, own).
• Descriptive words used to describe nouns and pronouns. They usually appear before the noun they describe (the pretty flower).

Pronouns (pr)

• Words that express an action (ex. chop, budge, confide) or ownership (ex. have, possess, own).
• Refer back to a recently mentioned person or thing and acts as a substitute for that person or thing (ex. I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, its, we, they, them, their).
• Descriptive words used to describe nouns and pronouns. They usually appear before the noun they describe (the pretty flower).
• Words that modify verbs or adjectives and answer the questions how, when, or where.

Action Verbs (vb)

• Descriptive words used to describe nouns and pronouns. They usually appear before the noun they describe (the pretty flower).
• Words that express an action (ex. chop, budge, confide) or ownership (ex. have, possess, own).
• Words that modify verbs or adjectives and answer the questions how, when, or where.
• Words that start phrases that usually show some relationship dealing with space or time.

Adjectives (adj)

• Words that modify verbs or adjectives and answer the questions how, when, or where.
• Descriptive words used to describe nouns and pronouns. They usually appear before the noun they describe (the pretty flower).
• Words that start phrases that usually show some relationship dealing with space or time.
• Begins with a preposition, ends with a noun, and does not have a verb in it. There may be other words in between the preposition and noun, but there will never be a verb.

Adverbs (ly)

• Words that start phrases that usually show some relationship dealing with space or time.
• Words that modify verbs or adjectives and answer the questions how, when, or where.
• Begins with a preposition, ends with a noun, and does not have a verb in it. There may be other words in between the preposition and noun, but there will never be a verb.
• Words that connect parts of speech, phrases, and clauses. FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Prepositions (prep)

• Begins with a preposition, ends with a noun, and does not have a verb in it. There may be other words in between the preposition and noun, but there will never be a verb.
• Words that start phrases that usually show some relationship dealing with space or time.
• Words that connect parts of speech, phrases, and clauses. FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
• Words that express a strong emotion or have a strong exclamatory message. wow, ow, oh, ugh, whew, bravo, hurray, yuck