| Speech | Communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words. |
| Parts of Speech | The classification of words, to one of which every word must belong. |
| The Eight Parts of Speech | 1. Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Verbs
4. Adjectives
5. Adverbs
6. Prepositions
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections |
| Nouns | Words that name a person, place thing, idea, or quality |
| Pronouns | Words that are used in the place of nouns |
| Verbs | Words that express action or a state of being or that help other verbs complete their meaning |
| Adjectives | Words that modify (describe or limit) nouns or pronouns |
| Adverbs | Words that modify (describe or limit) verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs |
| Prepositions | Words used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other words in a sentence |
| Conjunctions | Words that connect words or groups of words |
| Interjections | Words that exclaim or express strong feelings or surprise but have little or no grammatical connection with other words in a sentence |
| The two types of nouns | Common, and Proper |
| Proper nouns | Name a particular person, place, or thing, and always begin with a capital letter. |
| Six different uses of nouns | subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions, predicate nominatives, and appositives |
| Subject | The subject of a sentence is the word or group of words about which the sentence makes a statement |
| Direct object | A direct object is a word or group of words that receives the action of a verb. |
| Indirect object | An indirect object precedes a direct object and indicates to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done. |
| Object of a Preposition | An object of a preposition is a word or group of words following a preposition. The preposition relates its object so some other word or words in the sentence. |
| Predicate Nominative | A predicate nominative is a word or group of words following a linking verb and renaming the subject of a sentence or clause. |
| Appositive | An appositive I a word that follows a nominative (noun, pronoun, or noun-like group of words) and that renames or identifies the first nominative. |
| The eight types of pronouns | Personal, personal-possessive, indefinite, relative, demonstrative, interrogative, reciprocal and compound reflexive & intensive. |
| Personal pronoun | Refers to individuals in the same way that a noun is used. |
| Personal-possessive pronouns | Indicates possession; is used in the same way that an adjective is used. |
| Indefinite pronouns | Does not refer to any particular antecedent (a noun or pronoun to which a pronoun refers). |
| Relative pronouns | Connects or "relates" adjective clauses to the rest of the sentence. |
| Demonstrative pronouns | Points out and identifies persons or things. |
| Reciprocal pronouns | Indicates an interchange of action suggested by a verb. |
| Compound Reflexive pronouns | "Self" pronoun; follows verbs or prepositions and "reflects" back to the subject. |
| Compound Intensive pronouns | "Self" pronouns; is used as an appositive and "intensifies" or emphasises the noun or pronoun that it follows. |
| Compound Intensive pronouns | "Self" pronouns; is used as an appositive and "intensifies" or emphasises the noun or pronoun that it follows. |
