| A | B |
|---|
| noun | names a person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | names a particular person, place, thing, or idea |
| compound noun | two or more words used together to form one noun |
| abstract noun | names a quality, condition, or feeling |
| antecedent | the word a pronoun refers to or replaces |
| verb | shows action or a state of being |
| auxiliary verb | helping verb |
| transitive verb | a verb whose action is directed toward someone or something |
| adjective | modifies a noun or pronoun |
| adverb | modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb |
| prepositional phrase | consists of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of that object |
| adverb phrase | a prepositional phrase used as an adverb |
| interjection | a word that expresses mild or strong emotion |
| active voice verb | a verb whose subject performs the action |
| common noun | names a general class of persons, places, things, or ideas |
| collective noun | names a group of persons, places, things, or ideas |
| concrete noun | refers to something that can be measured or perceived by the senses |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
| pronoun case | shows the grammatical use of the pronoun in the sentence |
| action verb | expresses physical action or mental activity |
| linking verb | links the subject with a word that either describes or identifies the subject |
| intransitive verb | a verb whose action is not directed toward someone or something |
| proper adjective | a proper noun being used as an adjective |
| preposition | a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence |
| adjective phrase | prepositional phrase being used as an adjective |
| conjunction | joins individual words and groups of words |
| passive voice verb | a verb whose subject receives the action |
| conjunctive adverb | joins two independent clauses and shows the relationship between those clauses |
