Fun with Grammar

A noun is

• an action

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• how the subject "be"

• a word that shows the position of one object in relation to another

A linking verb is

• an action

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• how the subject "be"

• a word that shows the position of one object in relation to another

A pronoun

• takes the place of a noun

• is an action

• can be the subject of a sentence

• shows state of being

The FANBOYS conjunctions are...

• from, an, not, by, of, your, since

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• for, an, nor, both, of, yes, so

In the sentence, "This desk is sticky," the word THIS is...

• pronoun

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

In the sentence, "This desk is sticky," the word sticky is...

• adverb

• noun

• adjective

• linking verb

In the sentence "This desk is sticky," the word is is...

• noun

• adjective

• linking verb

• action verb

The words HAVE, HAS, and HAD (when used by themselves) should be labelled...

• linking verb

• action verb

• pronoun

• preposition

In the sentence, "Wow! That was a really hard test," the word wow is a(n)

• conjunction

• pronoun

• interjection

• preposition

In the sentence, "Wow! That was a really hard test," the word hard is a(n)

• noun

• pronoun

• adverb

• adjective