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English Grammar Welcome to the grammar resource pages. Grammar: the study of the classes of words, their inflection and their function and relation in the sentence. Getting Started: English has an alphabet of 5 vowels and 21 consonant letters. Vowels: a,e,i,o,u Consonants: b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y These letters join together to form words. Words join together to form sentences. Words within sentences are examples of parts of speech. Parts of speech: Nouns: names, people, places, and things Examples: house, table, ball Jessica lived in a large house down the street. Pronouns: substitutes for nouns Examples: I, you, he, she, it we, they, us, him, her, them When I am done reading this book I’ll give it to you. Adjectives: describe nouns Examples: pretty, large, old, blue The sky was blue. Sky = noun Blue = adjective Verbs: define states of being or actions Examples: is, are, talk, have, look John was talking on the phone. Talking = verb Prepositions: placed before nouns and pronouns to show the relationship. Examples: across, near, to, with, into Jane is inside the shopping mall. Inside = preposition Shopping mall = noun Adverbs: tell where, when, and how the action or state occurred Examples: here, tomorrow, slow, lovingly I hit the ball far. Hit = action verb Far = adverb Conjunctions: used to join words in a sentence Examples: and, or, but, however John and Vicki are going to the beach. And = conjunction Interjections: show strong emotion or surprise and they act independently of the sentence Examples: wow, oh, yikes Wow, look how large the mountain is. Wow = interjection How to use the grammar resource pages: Go through our 25 grammar lessons with quizzes. Grammar lesson #1 Grammar lesson #2 Visit a shortcut grammar lesson link
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