Grammar Terms & Rules

Person, place, thing, or idea

• verb
• adjective
• preposition
• noun

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VII

Not physically tangible; an idea

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

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.K.10.D.III

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.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.III

What replaces a proper noun?

• Pronoun

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Articles

an action word

• adjective

• verb

• article

• noun

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.K.10.D.II

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

A word that describes a noun

• adverb

• verb

• adjective

• article

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IV

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

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.IV

Two words combined together to form a new word.

• contractions

• prepositions

• compound words

• exclamations

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.2B.IV

TEKS.ELA.2.2B.IV

TEKS.ELA.3.2.B.IV

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