- A noun is a word that names a person, a place, or a thing.
- A noun that names only one person, place, or thing is called a singular noun.
- A noun that names more than one person, a place, or a thing is called a plural noun.
|dentists (plural)||New York (singular)||pears (plural)|
|sister (singular)||zoo (singular)||fan (singular)|
|Julio (singular)||towns (plural)||notebook (singular)|
|children (plural)||beaches (plural)||buses (plural)|
- An adjective is a word that describes a noun. An adjective can tell what kind or how many.
|What Kind||How Many|
|We have a large dog.||Our dog has five puppies.|
|Our dog has tiny, brown spots.||Many dogs love children.|
- A verb is a word that can show action. When a verb tells what people or things do it is called an action verb.
- A present tense verb shows action that is happening now.
- A past tense verb shows action that has already happened.
- A future tense verb shows action that will happen.
|Present Tense||Past Tense||Future Tense|
|Bats hunt at night.||The bats hunted last night.||The bats will hunt tonight.|
|The bats fly quickly.||The bats flew overhead.||The bats will fly later.|
- An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
- An adverb can tell how, when, or where.
|I read books quickly.||I read books often.||I keep my books upstairs.|
|I read newspapers slowly.||I always read the newspaper.||I buy my newspaper there.|
- An exclamation can be a word, a phrase, or a sentence that shows strong feeling.
- It is followed by an exclamation point.
|Wow!||Oh, no!||What a terrific song!|
|Yippee!||No way!||We won the championship!|