1. Noun - the name of a person, place, thing, idea, or action.

• a) Subject - answers "who" or "what" before the verb.

• b) Possessor - the noun that possesses something and has an apostrophe on it.

• c) Direct Object - answers "whom" or "what" after the action verb.

• d) Indirect Object - answers "to whom" or "to what" after a verb like "give" or "tell."

• e) Object of a Preposition - the noun following the preposition.

• f) Predicate Noun - equals the subject and comes after a "being" (linking) verb.

• g) Appositive - a second noun further explaining the preceding noun and separated from it by a comma and not by a "being" verb.

• h) Direct Address - the noun that is specifically named and spoken to in the sentence.

2. PRONOUN - takes the place of a noun.

3. ADJECTIVE - describes the noun.

4. CONJUNCTION - a joining word. (FANBOYS)

5. VERB - a word that expresses action or state of being.

• a) Person - 1st (speaker), 2nd (one spoken to), 3rd (one spoken about)

• b) Number - whether the subject of the verb is singular or plural.

• c) Tense - the time of the verb.

  • 1a. Simple present - (I carry)

  • 1b. Progressive present - (I am carrying)

  • 1c. Emphatic present - (I do carry)

  • 2a. Simple future - (I will carry, I shall carry)

  • 2b. Progressive future - (I will be carrying, I shall be carrying)

  • 3a. Simple present perfect - (I carried, I have carried)

  • 3b. Progressive present perfect - (I have been carrying)

  • 3c. Emphatic present perfect - (I did carry)

  • 4a. Simple past perfect - (I had carried)

  • 4b. Progressive past perfect - (I had been carrying)

  • 5a. Simple future perfect - (I will have carried, I shall have carried)

  • 5b. Progressive future perfect - (I will have been carrying, I shall have been carrying)

  • 6a. Simple imperfect - (I used to carry, I kept on carrying)

  • 6b. Progressive imperfect - (I was carrying)

  THE ABOVE EXAMPLES ARE ALL ACTIVE VOICE, INDICATIVE MOOD.

• d) Voice - whether the subject is the doer of verb (active voice) or the receiver of the verb’s action (passive voice).

• e) Mood - whether the sentence is a statement of fact or a question (indicative mood), a command (imperative mood), or a condition or mild wish (subjunctive mood).

6. ADVERB - describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

7. INTERJECTION - an exclamation, utterance, or expletive.

8. PREPOSITION

1.aboard

2.about

3.above

4.according to

5.ahead of

6.across

7.after

8.against

9.along

10.alongside

11.amid

12.among

13.apart from

14.around

15.as far as

16.as to

17.at

18.back of

19.because of

20.before

21.behind

22.below

23.beneath

24.beside

25.besides

26.between

27.beyond

28.but (except)

29.by

30.by reason of

31.concerning

32.contrary to

33.despite

34.down

35.due to

36.during

37.except

38.except for

39.for;

40.from

41.in;

42.into

43.inside

44.near

45.next to

46.of

47.off

48.off of

49.on

50.opposite

51.out

52.out of

53.over

54.past

55.per

56.prior to

57.since

58.through

59.throughout

60.till

61.to

62.toward

63.towards

64.under

65.underneath

66.until

67.up

68.upon

69.up to

70.via

71.with

72.within

73.without

9. ARTICLE - the (definite article); a, an (indefinite articles)