Grammar class
PARTS OF SPEECH
Noun
names a person, place, thing, idea
Lulu, jail, cantaloupe, loyalty, and so on
Pronoun
takes the place of a noun
he, who, I, what, and so on
Adjective
describes a noun or pronoun
messy, strange, alien, and so on
Adverb
describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
willingly, woefully, very, and so on
Preposition
relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence
by, for, from, and so on
PARTS OF A SENTENCE
Verb
(also called the predicate): expresses the action or state of being
Lulu plays chess.
Subject
the person or thing being talked about
Lilu plays chess.
Complement
a word or group of words that completes the meaning of the subject-verb pair; types of complements are direct and indirect objects, subject complement, objective complement
Lilu plays chess.