Before you get stated, it’s a good to review some terms that will be used in this section. Remember, you will not tested on the names of thing or rules; you will only need to recognize what is correct and incorrect grammar. But to review, you’ll need to be familiar with her following areas of grammar.
NOUN
A noun is a word that names
something
A
person
|
Muhammad,
Umair, Jafar, bilal, mother,friend, coworker, student
|
A
place
|
United
states, france,city,state
|
A
thing
|
Cat,
dog, pencil, lemonade, glass
|
An idea
|
Truth,
justice, the American way
|
In the following examples, all the
names are in italics:
New York city boasts one of the most extensive subways in the world.
Jamshed was able to ride from one
end of Chicago to the other in a subway car.
Most of the system is underground,
but sometimes the tracks go above ground.
You may notice that some nouns are
capitalized. These are called proper nouns. The nouns that are not capitalized
are called common nouns.
PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word that takes the
place of a noun. It stand for a person, place thing, or idea in a sentences.
All the pronouns in the following examples are in italics.
Ahmed is an excellent soccer
player. He enjoyed the game. It proves to be good exercise a lot of fun as
well. His mother is thrilled he plays. She feels it is a great sport.
The list of pronoun is as follows:
Subject
|
Reflexive
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Object
|
Possessive
|
I
|
Myself
|
Me
|
Mine
|
You
|
Yourself
|
You
|
Your
|
He
|
Himself
|
Him
|
His
|
She
|
Herself
|
Her
|
Hers
|
It
|
Itself
|
It
|
Its
|
Who
|
Whom
|
Whose
|
|
We
|
Ourselves
|
Us
|
Our
|
They
|
Themselves
|
Them
|
their
|
VERBS
A verb is an action word. Do not
let th word action fool you, though.
Verbs can express physical action:
I ran through the
house.
Danish kicked the ball.
They can express mental action:
Mazz thought he would do well on
the exam.
Hassan felt the meal
was too expensive.
Or, they can express a
state of being:
The test is easy.
You are interesting.
Even though there may
be more than one verb in a sentence, try to identify the main verb. This is the
one that indentifies the main action or actions in sentences. The mian verb
must be conjugated, this means that it will not be in form “to___,” or with
an-ing (by itself) at the end. For example:
To run could not be main verb
Running could not be main verb (by
itself)
Run on runs could be a main verb
MODIFIERS
A modifier is a word or
group of words that describes another word in the sentences. Adjective and
adverb are type of modifier.
ADJECTIVE
An adjective is a word
or group of words that describes a noun or a pronoun. Adjective can describe a
lot of different things about noun. They can tell you:
What kind of noun?
The book was red. What
kind of book was it?
Red
My father is smart.
What kind of father is he?
Smart
Serious students do
well. What kind of students?
Serious
ADVERB
An adverb is a word that describe a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb. They answer a different set of questions in a
sentences. Adverb generally tell you how much or how well, where,or how. For
example
Arif has learned to
speak English perfectly.
How has he learned to speak?
Perfectly.
Ammar really loves to
go the park.
How much does he love to go? Really
Jamshed performed well
on the test
How did jamshed perform? Well.
The class stated very
late.
How late was the class? Very.
SUBJECT
The subject of the sentences is the noun or
pronoun that performs the action in the sentences. If you are not sure of the
subject, you can find it easily: simply find the verb and then ask yourself who
or what. The answer will be the subject.
For example:
Jamshed loves to play the?
Who loves to play the game?
Jamshed.
Jamshed is the subject.
The highest scorer on
the test was ahmed.
Who was the highest scorer?
Ahmed.
Ahmed is the subject.
The capital of Massachusetts is Boston.
What is the capital of
Massachusetts? Boston.
Boston is subject.
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