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Grammar Basics Made Easy!

Learn the fundamentals of grammar, including parts of speech, sentence types, sentence structures, and more. Get ready to improve your language skills with this comprehensive guide.

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Grammar Basics Made Easy!

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  1. Grammar! (Hurray!)

  2. Parts of Speech • Nouns (n) • Person, place, thing, idea • Can be subjects, objects, or just hanging out

  3. Verbs (v) • Show action • Or state of being • Is, am, were, was, are, be, being, been

  4. Adjective • Describe (modify) nouns or pronouns • A, an, the = articles

  5. Adverbs • Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs • Answer the questions how, when, where, or to what extent • Often end in -ly

  6. Prepositions (p) • Show relationships between words • “The bird flew ___ the clouds”

  7. All prepositions are in prepositional phrases • Begin with preposition • End with first noun or pronoun that follows it • The noun/pronoun is called the object (op)

  8. Pronouns (pr) • Take the place of a noun • The noun that is being replaced is called the antecedent

  9. There are different types of pronouns • Personal Pronouns • First, second, and third person • I, me, we • You, your, yours • He, she, them, theirs, it

  10. Also, there are • Indefinite pronouns • Relative pronouns (we’ll discuss more later…)

  11. Conjunctions (c) • Show connections • Coordinating conjunctions • And, but, or, yet, so • Use in compound sentence parts and compound sentences

  12. Subordinating conjunctions • Begin dependent (subordinate) clauses • MANY of these! • Used in complex and compound-complex sentences

  13. Interjections (i) • Interrupt the sentence; usually show emotion • Hey! Shut the door!

  14. Sentence types • Declarative (.) – makes a statement • Interrogative (?) – asks a question • Exclamatory (!) – shows emotion • Imperative (!/.) – makes a command and has an understood “you” subject

  15. Sentence structures • Simple sentence • One subject, one verb, one complete thought • (But either the subject or verb may be compound)

  16. Example: Joe washed the car. • Notice order: S V

  17. Example w/compound parts • Subject: Joe and Sue washed the car. • Verb: Joe washed and waxed the car.

  18. Example continued.. • Subject & verb: Joe and Sue washed and waxed the car.

  19. Notice in all examples, the order of subject verb is consistent: S V, S S V, S V V, or S S V V • The sentences cannot be divided at the conjunction into two complete thoughts!

  20. Compound Sentence • At least two subjects, two verbs, and two complete thoughts • Example: Joe washed the car, and Sue drove it to town.

  21. Notice the order of a compound sentence: S V S V • It can be divided at the conjunction into two complete thoughts

  22. As with a simple sentence, any part of the subject or verb of either clause of a compound sentence can be compound! • Joe and Sue washed and waxed the car, and Bob and Jane drove it to town and parked it at the restaurant.

  23. Complex sentence • At least two subjects, at least two verbs, one complete thought and one incomplete thought • Example: After Joe washed the car, Sue drove it to town.

  24. Notice that like in a compound sentence, the order is S V S V • Notice, too, that there is no coordinating conjunction

  25. Instead, there is a subordinating conjuction • Begins the dependent (or subordinate) clause • If removed, dependent clause is no longer dependent!

  26. The dependent clause can come anywhere in the sentence and is punctuated differently depending on where it is: • At beginning, followed by comma ( S V, S V) • In middle, set off by commas on each side (S, S V, V) • At end, no comma (S V S V)

  27. As with simple and compound sentences, any part of the subject or verb of either (or all) clauses may be compound; this does NOT make it a compound-complex setence!

  28. Compound-complex sentence • Combination of a compound and complex structure • At least three subjects, at least three verbs, at least two complete thoughts, at least one incomplete thought

  29. Example: • After Joe washed the car, Sue drove it to town, and Sam got in for a ride.

  30. Grammar Process • Copy the sentence; you’re looking for the number of things indicated by the points possible • Identify all parts of speech and objects • Find the main verb; underline twice • Ask yourself “Who” or “What” did the main verb = subject; underline once • Determine sentence structure • Determine sentence type • Volunteer • Correct your own when I correct • Ask questions!

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