Grammar Cheat Sheets
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VERBS
An action verb shows action.
Example: She walked to the store. She ran to school.
HELPING VERBS
Helping verbs are used with action verbs.
Example: She will walk to the store. (will is the helping verb; walk the verb)
LIST OF HELPING VERBS:
is
was
being
have
does
will
may
can
am
were
been
had
did
should
might
could
are
be
has
do
shall
would
must
LINKING VERBS
A linking verb expresses no action; the subject does not do anything and nothing is done to the
subject.
Example: This bread tastes good. Tastes is a linking verb, the bread is not tasting anything.
MOST COMMON LINKING VERBS:
is
am
are
was
were
be
being
been
become
seem
appear
feel
taste
smell
sound
grow
look
NOUNS
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
PRONOUNS
Pronouns are used to replace nouns. There are two cases of pronouns, nominative and objective.
Nominative: I
you
he
she
we
they
who
Polite order: you
she/he/they
I/we
Objective:
me
you
him
her
us
them whom
Polite order: you
him/her/them me/us
SUBJECTS
A subject is what or whom the sentence is about. To find the subject, first find the verb then ask
what or who about the verb to find the subject.
Example: My mother went to the store. (the verb is went, then ask who, the mother went to the
store, so the subject is mother)
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives describe nouns. They tell which one, what kind, how many, or whose about a noun.
The articles a, an, and the are always adjectives.
Example: Jamie’s
three
favorite
blue shirts are dirty.
whose
how many which ones what kind
ADVERBS
Adverbs describe verbs, adverbs, or adjectives. They tell HOW, WHEN, WHERE about a verb
and to WHAT EXTENT about an adjective or adverb.
Example: [Yesterday], my dog ran [quickly] [down] the street.
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