Correll Notes: Grammar Review

Key words/ Ideas/ Terms Definitions/ Examples/ Practice Parts of Speech Determined by ______in the sentence. Example: “Love is powerful.” versus “______.” Nouns Person, ______, thing, or ______Example: dog, Romeo PRACTICE (circle the nouns in the following sentence) It is very important to take good notes in English class. Subject The ______in the sentence, or what the sentence is about. Why is it important to identify subjects in writing? PRACTCE (underline the subject in the following sentence) Jim did poorly on the English test because he did not study. Pronouns A word ______. Example: Replace James with _____ List other pronouns you can think of: ______Adjectives Word, phrases, or clauses that ______or ______. What questions about noun do adjectives answer? ______

Verbs Verbs show ______or ______. Start with verbs when ______. List the being verbs: ______

Adverbs Adverbs are a ______, ______or ______that ______or ______. Adverbs tell us ______, ______, ______or ______about an event.

Prepositions Prepositions link ______showing ______. Describe where the ants are in relationship to the basket: ______Conjunctions Conjunctions ______words, ______and ______together. F___ A___ N___ B___ O___ Y___ S____

Diction Diction refers to an author’s ______. An author selects specific words to ______in the ______. What is the difference in the words “passionate” versus “obsessed”? ______

Phrases Phrases are a group of words missing either ______. Types of phrases include: Prepositional - ______Infinitive - ______Appositive Participle Clauses Clauses contain both a ______and a ______. There are two types of clauses: ______and ______. A ______clause cannot stand alone. It will have a ______conjunction in front of it. List some examples of subordinating conjunctions here: ______Syntax Parts of speech, phrases, and clauses work together to create syntax. Syntax means ______. Syntax is used to manipulate the pace of the ______, the reader’s ______, and the flow of the author’s ______.