Grammar Terms & Rules

Person, place, thing, or idea

• verb
• adjective
• preposition
• noun

Not physically tangible; an idea

• Concrete noun
• Proper noun
• Collective noun
• Abstract noun

Define: Collective Nouns

• Words used to describe a group of people, animals, or things.
• Words used to describe a group of actions.
• Words used to describe a single person, animal, or thing.
• Words used to describe a collection of ideas.

What replaces a proper noun?

• Pronoun

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Articles

an action word

• adjective

• verb

• article

• noun

A word that describes a noun

• adverb

• verb

• adjective

• article

A word that describes a verb; usually ends in "ly"

• pronoun

• article

• adjective

• adverb

A word that announces a noun. For example: a. an, the

• collective noun

• article

• noun

• adjective

Two words combined together to form a new word.

• contractions

• prepositions

• compound words

• exclamations

Conjunctions

• joins thoughts or ideas together

• commonly used as a greeting or reaction

• two words combined together to form a new word

• phrase not meant to be taken literally