Parts of Speech 1: Review

Common are non specific or general people, places or things

Proper are Specific names of people, places or things

girls

trees

water

monkey

students

athletes

Elijah

President Obama

California

Wendy's

Panda Express

Nike

Adidas

He, she, him, her, I, my, mine

It, something, who, his, her, us, our

Mary was on the bus and Mary almost missed Mary's stop because Mary fell asleep.

Mary was on the bus and she almost missed her stop because she fell asleep.

Big

Small

Dark

White

Yellow

Wonderful

Handsome

One

Any

Many

Third

Three

Helping verbs - Helps the main verb

Examples: will, may, would, have, had, should

Linking verb - a word that links the subject with its predicate.

Examples: are, is, was, were, look

Action verbs - Show physical or mental action being performed by subject.

Examples: run, paint, give, sneeze, walk, write, etc.