7th Grammar Definitions and Identification

A person, place, thing or idea

• noun

• verb

• proposition

• interjection

a word that modifies or describes a noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

a word that shows an action

• pronoun

• conjunction

• adverb

• verb

a verb that connects a subject with a noun or adjective that is the subject

• linking verb

• verb

• helping verb

• action verb

helps a main verb to name an action or make a statement

• verb

• helping verb

• state of being verb

• linking verb

a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective or adverb

• preposition

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

a word used to connect a clause or sentences or to coordinate words in the same sentence

• adjective

• noun

• conjunction

• interjection

a word placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank

• adverb

• preposition

• verb

• coordinating conjunction

a word governing, and usually preceding a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• pronoun

• verb

• conjunction

• preposition

a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object

• subject

• prepositional phrase

• coordinating conjunction

• helping verb