Nouns
* Person, animal, place, thing, event, idea * Kinds * Proper nouns (e.g. Ms. Bumanglag, Miriam College Grade School) * Specific * Always capitalized * Common nouns (e.g. teacher, school) * General * Not capitalized; except if it’s the start of the sentence * Abstract nouns (e.g. love, freedom) * Cannot be experienced through the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch or taste) * Can be felt * Concrete nouns (e.g. chair, table) * Can be experienced through the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch or taste) * Mass or noncount nouns (e.g. salt, pepper) * Cannot be counted * Count nouns (e.g. classroom, car) * Can be counted * Collective (e.g. flock, colony) * Group * Possessive form * Possession or ownership (e.g. girl’s, student’s) * Functions * Subject * What the sentence is about * Subject complement * Renames the subject * Follows a linking verb (e.g. am, is, are, was, etc.) * Direct Object * Answers “whom” or “what” * Receiver of the action * Object of the preposition * Follows a preposition (e.g. in, into, on, to, by, for, from, with, without, etc.) * Gerunds & gerundial phrases * Verb + ing (e.g. reading, talking) * Used as a noun * Can be a function
* Infinitives & infinitive phrases * To + verb (e.g. to study, to finish) * Can be used as a noun, adjective or adverb
Fragments & Sentences * Fragment * Cannot stand on its own * Does not express a complete thought * Sentence * Group of words that has a complete thought * Subject & predicate
Pronouns
* Personal * Subject * Subject/subject complement of a sentence * I, we, you, he, she, it & they * Object * Direct object/object of the preposition * Me, us, you, him, her, it & them * Possessive * Possession or ownership *