Parts of the Sentence

Several weeks ago, we discussed the part of the sentence. Here are some notes on basic sentence parts:


Basic Sentence Parts

Nouns—words that describe a person place or thing

1.) Common Nouns—describe generic persons, places or things
Examples: man, city, restaurant

2.) Proper Nouns—describe specific persons, places or things
Examples: Mr. Horton, New York City, Azteca

The Noun Song.

Pronouns—words that take the place of a noun

Examples: I, we, you, he, she, it, they
My, ours, yours, his, hers, its, their
Me, you, us, them
Myself, ourselves, yourself, himself, herself, themselves
This, these, which, who, whom, whoever, which, whichever
Many, everything, none, everyone

Verbs—words that tell what the subject does or link it to a word that describes it

1.) Action verbs—tell action

--run, jump, throw, kick, skip

2.) Linking verbs—give another name to the subject (usually a form of “to be”)

--Kyla is a shopaholic.
--My cats are gross.
--Bladimero turned green.
--The quiz seemed stupid.

3.) Helping verbs—join with other verbs to form a complete verb (usually a form of “to
be”)

--is running, is jumping, is throwing, is kicking, is skipping
--are running, are jumping, are throwing, are kicking, are
skipping
--were running, were jumping, were throwing, were kicking,
were skipping
--have been running, have been jumping, have been kicking,
have been skipping
--had been running, had been jumping, had been kicking,
had been skipping

The Verb Song

Prepositions—words used before nouns and pronouns to show their relationship to another part of the sentence

--after, against, above, behind, between, by, down, for, in, ect.

More on prepositions.
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Conjunctions—words that connect (conjoin) parts of the sentence

1.) Coordinating: connect two words together or two independent clauses (FANBOYS)

Examples: for, and nor, but, or, yet, so

2.) Subordinating: Joins a dependant clause to an independent clause Examples: because,
before, after

More on conjunctions.

Adjectives—words that describe a noun

Examples: red, cute, slimy, ditzy, tall, pale, ugly
Articles: A, an, the

The Adjective Song

Adverbs—words that describe a verb (usually end in –ly)

Examples: lovely, quietly, barely, suddenly, frightfully

The Adverb Song

Interjections—words that show excitement or emotion, but otherwise have no meaning
Examples—Wow, yeah, gee, zap, pop, um, zowie, yeehaw
More on "interjections"