Category Archives: Basic Rules of Grammar

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 8 Interjections Interjections are words that you can use to express a strong sense of emotion or feelings. Interjections are usually one single word. Example: ● Wow! ● Hurray! ● Awesome! Unlike the other seven parts of speech, interjections dont influence the grammar of a sentence. Interjections do notContinue reading “Interjections”

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 7 Prepositions Preposition = is a word used to link nouns,  pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence. Prepositions are usually short words with the majority having less than six letters. Prepositions are normally placed directly in front of nouns. A preposition answers where something is, whenContinue reading “Prepositions”

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 6 Conjunctions Conjunctions join ideas and words together. There are many different kinds, but the two basic groups of conjunctions are coordinating and subordinating. In the English language, conjunctions come in three basic types: ● The coordinating conjunction● The subordinating conjunction● The correlative conjunction Coordinating conjunctions = are theContinue reading “Conjunctions”

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 5 Adjectives Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. They answer questions like what kind, how many, and which one. Adjectives are describing words that modify nouns. Adjectives ● swarthy● slim Example of modifying a noun: ● Tall woman● tall = adjective ● woman = noun ● SmartContinue reading “Adjectives”

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 4 Adverb What is an Adverb? An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Example: ● He sings loudly. ● She’s very tall.● Sings = verb● loudly = adverb Common adverbs ● anxiously● calmly● annually● cowardly Most adverbs are formed by addingContinue reading “Adverbs”

dfoww Context Clues What are context clues and why are they so important when reading and writing? Answer: Context clues are hints or clues to the meaning of a word. Context clues are the words and sentences that surround a word and help explain the word’s meaning. The clue may appear within the same sentenceContinue reading “Context Clues”

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 3 Verbs A verb is one of the main parts of a sentence or question in English. You can’t have a sentence or a question without a verb! That’s how important these “action” parts of speech are. The verb signals an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.Continue reading “Verbs”

dfoww Yore, Your, You’re Does it matter which one I use, when speaking? Answer: No, because words that share the same pronunciation are called homophones. When writing however, it does matter because all three forms of this word have a different meaning.  Yore Yore= noun Definition: of long ago or former times Yore, meaning “aContinue reading “Yore, Your, You’re”

dfoww Part of Speech (POS) Part 2 Pronouns A Pronun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence. Pronouns are used so that our language is not cumbersome with the same nouns being repeated over and over in a paragraph. Some examples of Pronouns include: ● I , me, mine, myself, she, her,Continue reading “Pronouns”

dfoww Whose vs who’s How do you know when to use whose or who’s when writing? Whose is the the possessive form of the pronoun who, while who’s is a contraction of the words who is or who has. Many people still find whose and who’sparticularly confusing because, in English, an apostrophe followed by anContinue reading “Whose vs Who’s”