Parts Of Speech - Grammar Guide PDF

**Verb Types** - **Finite verb:** A verb that shows tense (past, present, future) and agrees with the subject (singular or plural). Example: \"She *walks* to school.\" - **Auxiliary verb:** A verb that helps the main verb to express tense, mood, or voice. Examples: \"He *has* *been...

**Verb Types** - **Finite verb:** A verb that shows tense (past, present, future) and agrees with the subject (singular or plural). Example: \"She *walks* to school.\" - **Auxiliary verb:** A verb that helps the main verb to express tense, mood, or voice. Examples: \"He *has* *been* *working* hard.\" - **Gerund:** A verb form ending in \"-ing\" that functions as a noun. Example: \"Swimming is fun.\" - **Infinitive:** The basic form of a verb, usually preceded by \"to.\" Example: \"I want *to eat*.\" - **Participle:** A verb form used as an adjective or part of a verb phrase. Examples: \"The *broken* window.\" \"She is *singing*.\" **Other Parts of Speech** - **Adverb:** A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It tells how, when, where, or to what extent. Example: \"He ran *quickly*.\" - **Adverbial clause:** A dependent clause that functions as an adverb, modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb. - **Adverbial clause of place:** Tells where. Example: \"I will go *wherever you go*.\" - **Adverbial clause of manner:** Tells how. Example: \"She sings *as if she were a bird*.\" - **Adverbial clause of time:** Tells when. Example: \"I will call you *after I finish work*.\" - **Adverbial clause of reason:** Tells why. Example: \"I am tired *because I stayed up late*.\" - **Adjectival clause:** A dependent clause that functions as an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun. Example: \"The book *that I read* was interesting.\" - **Pronoun:** A word that replaces a noun. Example: \"He, she, it, they.\" - **Preposition:** A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. Examples: \"in, on, at, with, for.\" - **Coordinating conjunction:** A word that joins two words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank (independent clauses). Examples: \"and, but, or, so, yet.\" - **Subordinating conjunction:** A word that joins a dependent clause to an independent clause. Examples: \"because, although, since, while.\" - **Interjection:** A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion. Example: \"Wow! Oh no!\"