Language Arts

 Grammar and Language Art Words
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1. Noun: A word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. A noun can tell who or what

2. who man baby teacher student clown

   what garden city backpack mouse happiness

       Adjective: A word that describes a noun
   
   Some adjectives tell how many. Other adjectives tell what kind
   What kind  

   My dog likes to swim in the pond. 
   My big dog likes to swim in the pond.
   How many   
   My dogs like to swim in the pond. 
   My three dogs like to swim in the pond.
     
3. Antonym: A word opposite to another in meaning.

          I stood near the hot stove because I felt cold. 

          

         The huge brown bear sniffed her tiny cub.

    4. Synonym: A word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word.

      

         Mrs. Barnes was caught in the rain.

        The afternoon shower lasted only a few minutes.

    5. Sentence: A group of words that forms a complete thought. 

       A sentence begins with a capital   letter, ends with an end mark, and has a subject and a predicate.

I enjoy baseball games.
How old is your sister?
What big cats those tigers are!

 6. Subject: The part of a sentence that names the person or thing the sentence is about. The subject is usually at the beginning of a sentence.

  

7. Predicate: The word or words that tell what the subject of the sentence is or does.

   

8. Verb: The main word in the predicate of a sentence. It tells what the subject is or does.

   

   

9. Linking Verb: A verb that links the subject of a sentence to a word or words (in the predicate) that rename or  describe the subject.

Subject     Linking Verb     Predicate

Hedi is the star of the play.

She is an actress.

The audience seems very pleased with her performance.

10. Adverb: A word that describes a verb. An adverb may tell how, when, or where an action happens.

Allison's cat which is very large sleeps soundly.

11. Pronoun: A word that takes the place of one or more nouns. Here are some pronouns I   me  he him  she  her  it you  we   us  they  them Jim and Luen would like to share the ice-cream with Tara.  They would like to share it with her.

12. Common Noun: A word that names any person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun begins with a lowercase letter.

man woman girl boy

cat       bird       fish       dog

pride love health idea

book       pencil shoe       bike

building         city         school         park

13. Proper Noun:  A noun that tells the exact name of a person, place, or thing. Words that name people, places, titles, holidays, days of the week, and months of the year are proper nouns. Proper nouns are always capitalized.

14. Singular Noun: A noun that names one person, place, thing, or idea

pilot 

plane 

house 

test 

city 

pride 

manager 

gasoline 

15. Plural Noun: A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Add s or es to make most nouns plural. If a word ends in a consonant and y, change they to i and add es.

Singular Plural toy dog horse lake fox dish class latch kitty baby toys dogs horses lakes foxes dishes classes latches kitties babies 16. Possessive Noun:  A noun that shows ownership. An apostrophe or an apostrophe s are added to show possession.

Singular Possessive Nouns Regular Plurals Irregular Plurals girl's coat (one girl) baby's blanket (one baby) horse's saddle (one horse) man's pen (one man) child's book (one child) woman's office (one woman) Plural Possessive Nouns Regular Plurals Irregular Plurals girls' coats (more than one girl) babies' blankets (more than one baby) horses' saddles (more than one horse) men's pens (more than one man) children's books (more than one child) women's office (more than one woman) 17. Article:      A word in a special group of adjectives that includes a, an, and the            18. Contraction:                                                                 A short way to write two words. When a contraction is made, one or more letters are left out. An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters. You will    you'll I will           I'll Is not       isn't 19. Exclamation:  A sentence that shows strong feeling. Use an exclamation point at the end of an exclamation You surprise me! Wow, I am excited about this trip! What a beautiful place this is! 20. Homograph: A word that sounds like another word and is spelled the same but has a different meaning Example:  Fran walked home because her bike had a flat tire. After an hour of walking, Fran began to tire. 21. Preposition: A word that shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to another word in the sentence. Here are some prepositions: 22. Conjunction: A word that joins two or more words, phrases, or clauses. And, or, and but are conjunctions. My brother plays the flute, but he doesn't practice much. Ken or Tony will arrive early and leave late. 23. Interjection: A word or a group of words that express strong feeling. You can separate an interjection from the rest of a sentence with either an exclamation point or acomma, depending on the strength of the feeling.   Hey, is that your painting? Wow! That's really amazing!   24. Interrogative sentence A sentence that asks a question. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. How long have you lived there? When will you be home? 25. Tense The verb form that tells the time of the action. It tells whether the action is happening now, has happened in the past, or will happen in the future.