PARTS OF SPEECH—STUDY GUIDE

You may use your worksheets, a classroom copy of the grammar book, and/or a fellow student to complete this study guide.

1.  Identify the 8 parts of speech:

2.  Identify and give example of each type of noun:

3.  Personal Pronouns—complete the following case chart

SUBJECTIVE / POSSESSIVE / OBJECTIVE
SINGULAR
1st Person / MY and MINE
2nd Person / YOU
3rd Person
SUBJECTIVE / POSSESSIVE / OBJECTIVE
PLURAL
1st Person
2nd Person / YOU
3rd Person / THEIR and THEIRS

4.  Other Pronouns—complete the following chart

TYPE / DEFINITION / EXAMPLES
reflexive
Can be eliminated from the sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence.
This, that, these, those
Interrogative
Introduces a subordinate clause
Both, few, all, many, etc.; ends in one, body, or thing.

5.  Define the following terms. Be able to identify the following terms in a sentence. When necessary, provide an example as a study aid:

  1. Noun
  1. Pronoun/Antecedent
  1. Action Verb
  1. Transitive Verb/Direct Object
  1. Intransitive Verb
  1. Linking Verb
  1. Adjective
  1. Adverb
  1. Preposition/Object of the Preposition
  1. Coordinating Conjunction
  1. Subordinating Conjunction
  1. Correlative Conjunction
  1. Conjunctive Adverb

6.  “To Be” is the most common linking verb. List its various forms.

7.  What other verbs, beside “to be,” can serve as linking verbs?

8.  What questions do adverbs answer?

9.  What questions do adjectives answer?

10.  List a few common prepositions that you might see.