| Term | Definition |
| Verb | Shows action or being. |
| Action Verbs | Slam dunk, giggle, toe touch, running. |
| Mental Verbs | wonder, dream, worry, snore. |
| Linking Verbs | Links the subject with an object: am, are, is, was, were, been. |
| Helping Verbs | Help the main verb express time or tense: would, should, might, must, has, had, been, being. |
| Adverbs | Describes a verd, an adjective or another adverb. Answers the question, often ends in ly. |
| How Adverbs | Terribly, quietly, wildly, gracefully. |
| When Adverbs | Never, often, today, yesterday. |
| Where Adverbs | Here, there, up, down, inside, above. |
| With Verbs | Danced gracfully, eats quickly, sang sweetly, leaves tomorrow. |
| With Adjectives | Really funny, to tall, rather sticky. |
| With Adverbs | Too quickly, extremly rudoely, very sickly. |