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Action verb tells about action Linking verb state-of-being verbs, connect subject with predicate Helping verb words that clarify main verbs Verb phrases helping verb + main verb Direct object completes action of verb (whom? what?) Predicate noun follows linking verb, renames subject predicate adjective follows linking verb, describes subject present tense action or state of being happening now Past tense r state of being completed in the past Future tense action or state of being happening in the future Past participle main verbs using helping verbs to make other forms of the verb in the past (has walked) Irregular verb past and past participle forms are special Agreement subject and verb must be same number (singular or plural) Compound subject subjects joined by "and" are plural; take plural verb Pronouns as singular subjects each, either, everyone, anyone, no one, one, neither, everybody, anybody, nobody pronoun a word used in place of a noun subject pronoun pronoun used as subject or predicate pronoun singular subject pronouns I, you, he, she, it plural subject pronouns we, you, they object pronouns pronouns used as direct objects, indirect objects or objects of prepositions singular object pronouns me, you, him, her, it plural object pronouns us, you, them possessive pronouns pronouns used to show ownership singular possessive pronouns my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its plural possessive pronouns our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs first person pronouns I, we, me, us, my, mine second person pronouns you, your, yours third person pronouns he, she, it, they, him, her, them, its, their, theirs adjective word that modifies a noun or pronoun proper adjectives made by adding endings to proper nouns; begins with capital letter demonstrative adjectives this, that, these, those; point out specfic things predicate adjectives adjective following linking (state-of-being) verb, modifying subject comparative adjective used to compare 2 things: most add "-er" superlative adjective used to compare 3 or more things; most add "-est" adverb words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs comparative adverb used to compare actions of 2 things superlative adverb used to compare actions of 3 or more things adjective good, bad: adverbs or adjectives? adverbs well, badly: adverbs or adjectives adjective well meaning healthy: adverb or adjective? articles a, an, the prepositions a word that relates its object to another word in the sentence object of the preposition noun or pronoun following a preposition prepositional phrase group of words that begins with preposition and ends with its object conjunction word that connects other words or groups of words compound sentences sentences that are joined by a conjunction noun names person, place, thing or idea common noun general name for person, place thing or idea proper noun name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea: begins with capital letter singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea plural noun names more than one person, place thing or idea possessive noun shows ownership compound noun formed when two nouns are put together to form one noun gerund formed by adding "ing" to a verb