Statements

Tells a fact and ends

with a period.
My favorite color is red.

Questions
A sentence that asks
something and ends with a
question mark.
Can I have a cookie?

Declarative
A sentence that makes a
statement and ends with a
period.
I wore my coat outside.

Interrogative
A sentence that asks a
question and ends with a
question mark.
Will you walk with me?

Exclamatory
A sentence that shows
strong feeling and ends
with an exclamation mark.
We get to have a party!

Imperative
A sentence that gives a
command and ends with a
period.
Bring me a pencil.

Exclamation
A sentence that shows
strong feeling and ends
with an exclamation mark.
We get to have a party!

Command
A sentence that gives a
command and ends with a
period.
Bring me a pencil.

Sentence
Group of words that
expresses a complete thought
The raccoon ran in
the forest.

Sentence
Fragment
Group of words that does not
express a complete thought
fell from tree

Subject
Who or what the sentence
is about
Paul played on
the computer.

Predicate
What the subject of the
sentence is doing.
Paul played on
the computer.

Compound Sentence
Contains two simple sentences
joined by a comma and a
conjunction.

The cat was hungry, so

he ate a fish

Conjunctions
Joins words or groups
of words; and, but, and
or are conjunctions.
The girl played, and
she ate lunch.

Complex Sentence
A sentence containing two
related ideas joined by a
conjunction other than and,
but, or or

I went to school because

I wanted to learn.

Run-on Sentence
Joins two or more complete
sentences incorrectly.

Miles ate lunch he also

shared with his friends.

Proper Noun
A word used to name a specific
person, animal, place, or thing
Blue
Rivers
Whale
Halloween
School

Caleb

Common Noun
a word used to name a general
person, animal, place, thing, or
idea

girl

barn.

cat

candy

Singular Nouns
one
The girl read a book.

Plural Nouns
more than one
The girls read a book.

Irregular
Plural Noun
Nouns that do not follow
the regular plural rules
child=children

mouse=mice

sheep=sheep

Possessive
Nouns
A noun that shows who or
what has or owns
something.
Saras apple

Action Verbs
Expresses something that
a person, animal, or
object can do.
The boy plays on the
monkey bars.

Combining
Sentences
The girls play. The girls eat.
The girls play and eat.

Present Tense
Verbs
Actions that are happening
right now

The girl is writing a story.

Past Tense
Verbs
Actions that already
happened
The girl wrote a story.

Future Tense
Verbs
Actions that will happen later

The girl will write a story.

The Verb
Have
Used with plurals (they, we)
exception (you, I)
We have to recycle the bottles.
I have to throw away my trash.

Helping Verbs
Helps the main verb
describe the action

She was reading a book.

Main Verbs
Shows what the subject
does or is.
She had written
on the board.

Linking Verbs
Links the subject to the
rest of the sentence
.Sara is sliding.
The students are riding
the bus.

Irregular Verbs
Do not form their past
tense by adding ed
speak-spoke
run-ran
sell-sold
throw-threw
buy-bought know-knew
do-did
win-won

Pronouns
Take the place of a noun

Miles and Beth go to

school=They go to school.

Antecedent
Noun to which the
pronoun refers.
Sally ate her
apple for lunch.

Relative Pronoun
Used at the beginning of a
dependent clause.
The people who I rode with
are my friends.

Object Pronoun
Can take the place of an
object noun
Jenna picked him up.

Reflexive Pronoun
Used when the object of
a sentence is the same
as the subject.
I read the book
to myself.

Subject Pronoun
Used as the subject of a
sentence

They are riding the bus.

Pronoun-Verb
Agreement
A verb must agree with its
subject when it is a pronoun
She waits on us to read.

Possessive Pronoun
Takes the place of a
possessive noun. It shows who
or what owns something.

The crayon is Megs.

The crayon is hers.

Homophones
Words that sound the same
but have different spellings
and meanings.
pear/pair
write/right

Adjectives
Describes a noun
The purple crayon.
The tall boy.

Articles
Three special words that
come before a noun

Comparing with
More and Most
When two actions are
compared use -er or more.
When three or more actions
are compared use -est or
most.

Adjectives that
Compare
A word that describes a noun
and compares two or more things
The blue butterfly is bigger than the
purple butterfly.

Comparative and
Superlatives
Special forms of adjectives used
to compare two or more things.
They are usually formed by
adding - er (comparatives) and est (superlatives) to an adjective.

Comparing with Good

and Bad
Use better when comparing
one thing with one other thing.
Use best when comparing
one thing with two or more
other things.

Adverbs
Describes a verb
The man slowly drove the
car.
The ladybug carefully
walked on the branch.

Adverbs that
Compare
When two actions are
compared use -er or more.
When three or more actions
are compared use -est or
most.

Adverbs that
Compare
When two actions are
compared use -er or more.
When three or more actions
are compared use -est or
most.

Negatives
A word or phrase that
means no. Do not use more than
one negative in a sentence.

no

Sentences Using
Prepositions
Two or more simple sentences
that contain prepositional
phrases can sometimes be
combined into one sentence.

Prepositional
Phrases
A group of words that
begins with a preposition.
On the cupcake

Prepositions
Links nouns, pronouns, and
phrases to other words in
a sentence
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