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Vocabulary
Parts of Speech Study Guide
noun:
A word used to name a person, place or thing
pronoun:
Any word used in the place of a noun.
adjective:
A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
verb:
A word or words in a sentence that show
action or state of being.
adverb:
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or
another adverb.
subject:
The person or thing that is being talked
about, written about or studied.
plural:
Talking about more than one person or thing.
singular:
Talking about only one person or thing.
conjunction:
A word that joins words or groups of words
parts of speech:
The different jobs that words do in sentences.
Some words name things, some words
describe things and some words show action.
punctuation:
The way of using marks or symbols in writing
and printing that make the written
communication clearer.
capitalization:
Writing or printing with a capital, or large, letter
or letters. Used to begin the first word of a
sentence. Used when you are writing the name
of a particular person, place or thing.
quotation marks (definition 1):
Marks that show exactly what someone has
said or is saying.
quotation marks (definition 2):
Marks used when a word is being talked
about in a sentence.
sentence (definition 2):
A written group of words put together in a way that
communicates a complete thought. A written
sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a
period, question mark or exclamation point.
exclamation point:
A mark that is used to show surprise, strong
feeling or excitement.
exclamatory sentence:
A sentence that shows surprise or strong
feeling. It usually ends with an exclamation
point.
Question mark:
used after a sentence that asks a question.
Examples: What is your name? Where is my dog?
Exclamation point :
used to show surprise, strong feeling or
excitement.
Examples: We won the game! Wow!
Apostrophe (def. 1):
used to show that something is owned or
belongs to someone.
This is an apostrophe: ’ Examples: the car’s tire;
Maria’s bike.
Apostrophe (def. 2):
Used to show that a letter or letters have
been left out of a word.
Examples: He cannot go. He can’t go. She is not
going. She isn’t going.
Apostrophe (def. 3):
Used when writing more than one of
numbers, letters and words being talked
about as numbers, letters
There are two “e’s” in the word “bee.”
declarative sentence:
A sentence that gives information but doesn’t
ask for something or give an order.
imperative sentence:
A sentence that asks or orders someone to do
something. It usually doesn’t say the person
or thing being talked to.
period:
A dot used to show where the end of a
sentence is.
interrogative sentence:
A sentence that asks a question. It always
ends with a question mark.
apostrophe (definition 1):
A mark used to show that something is
owned or belongs to someone.
apostrophe (definition 2):
Used to show that a letter or letters have
been left out of a word.
apostrophe (definition 3):
Used when writing more than one of
numbers, letters and words being talked
about as numbers, letters or words.
paragraph:
One or more sentences that are connected to
each other because they are about the same
main idea.