Grammar Rules
Sentence solving steps
1. Find any prepositional phrases
2. Locate the verb, is it action or linking?
3. Ask : who or what verb? = subject
4. Ask : verb whom or what? =
Action verb – Direct Object
Linking verb – Predicate word(Noun, Pronoun, Adjective)
5. Verb Direct Object to/for whom or what? = Indirect Object
Adjective questions – What kind, Which one, How many
Adverb questions – How (to what extent), When, Where
Four kinds of sentences – Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative
Article Adjectives - A , An, The
Conjunctions (connects words and groups of words) – And , But, Or
Correlative Conjunctions – both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also
Interjections (word or words to express feeling) – Wow, Oh No, Hey, Ouch
Helping Verbs - is am are was were be being been must can will should could would shall may might have has had do does did
Linking Verbs – is am are was were be being been look feel sound taste smell become grow remain seem stay appear
Subject Pronouns (Nominative case) (S, PN ) – I, you, he, she, it, we, they, you
Object Pronouns (Objective case) (OP, DO, IO)– me, you, her, him, it, us, you, them
Possessive Pronouns – my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its, our, ours, their, theirs
Singular indefinite pronouns - another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something, much
Plural indefinite pronouns – both, few, many, several, others
Demonstrative adjectives – this, that, these, those
Reflective/Intensive pronouns – myself, himself, herself, yourself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Interrogative pronouns – who, whom, what, whose
Prepositions – about, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around, at, atop, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but (except), by, concerning, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, regarding, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with , within, without