Grammar(parts of speech)

For the preparation of English test, one should know the basics of English grammar i.e, parts of speech

Easy Review of Parts of Speech

·     Nouns (N) – names a person, place, or thing

·    Pronouns (pro) – takes the place of a noun;  possessive pronouns (poss pro) show ownership;  demonstrative pronouns (Dem pro) name a specific (ie. this, that, these, those)

·     Verb (v) - show action or link words together

·     Adjective (adj) – describe a  noun or pronoun (answers the questions what kind? and

how many?)

·     Adverb  (adv) – tell more about, or modify, a  verb (answers the questions how? when?

and where?)

·     Conjunction (circle the word) – join words, phrases, or clauses (FANBOYS - coordinate)

or begin a dependent clause (subordinate)

·     Articles (art) – a, an, the

·    Preposition (prep) – tells the relationship of the noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence

·     Prepositional Phrase  (put in parentheses) – made up of a preposition, object of the

preposition and any words in between

·     Object of the Preposition (obj prep) – noun or pronoun that follows the preposition

·     Complete Subject (underline one time) – includes all the words that tell who or what

the sentence is about

·     Simple Subject (SS) – main word (must be a noun or pronoun) in the complete subject

(must be a noun or pronoun); cannot be found in a prepositional phrase

·    Complete Predicate (underline two times) – includes all the words that tell what the subject of the sentence is or does.

·     Simple Predicate (SP) – main word (must be a verb – action or linking) in the complete

predicate; cannot be found in a prepositional phrase

·    Direct Object (DO) – the word (must be a noun) that receives the action; follows an action verb and answers the questions who? or what? after the verb; cannot be found in a prepositional phrase

·    Predicate Noun (pred noun) – follows a linking verb in the predicate; renames the simple subject of a sentence

·    Predicate Adjective (pred adj) – follows a linking verb in the predicate; describes the simple subject of a sentence