Parts of Speech Cheat Sheet
Nouns
1. common
2. proper
3. concrete
4. abstract
5. singular
6. plural
7. collective
8. compound
9. possessive
Pronouns
1. first person
2. second Person
3. third Person
4. possessive: my, his, her, their, our
5. reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and
themselves
6. intensive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and
themselves
7. demonstrative: this, these, that, and those
8. indefinite
a. singular: another, anybody, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone,
everything, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody,
someone, something
b. plural: both, few, many several
c. singular or plural: all, any, more, most, none, some
9. interrogative: who, whom, whose, which, what
10. relative: who, whom, whose, which, that
Verbs
1. action
2. transitive
3. intransitive
4. linking: am, is, are, was, were, been, being, look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow,
appear, become, seem remain
5. auxiliary or helping: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, can, could, will
would, shall, should, may, might, must, do, did, does, have, has, had
6. verb phrases
Adjectives
1. What kind?
2. Which one?
3. How many?
4. How much?
5. Articles: a, an, and the
6. Proper adjectives
Adverbs
1. Where?
2. When?
3. How?
4. To what extent?
5. –ly
6. MORE:
Commonly used adverbs: Afterward, already, also, back, even, far, fast, forth,
hard, instead, late, long, low, more, near, next, not, now, often, slow, sometimes,
still, straight, then, today, tomorrow, too, yet
Intensifiers: extremely, just, more, most, nearly, only, quite, rather, really, so,
somewhat, too, truly, very
Prepositions
About before during off toward
Above behind except on under
Across below for onto underneath
After beneath from out until
Against beside in outside up
Along between inside over upon
Among beyond into since with
Around by like through within
As despite near throughout without
At down of to
Commonly Used Compound Prepositions
According to by means of in place of on account of
Aside from in addition to in spite of out of
Because of in front of instead of prior to
Conjunctions
1. Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or so yet
2. Correlative conjunctions: both . . .and, neither . . .nor, whether . . .or, either . . .or,
not only . . .but also,
3. subordinating conjunctions: after, as though, if, so that, when, although, because,
in order that, than, where, as, before, provided, unless, whereas, as if, even
though, since, until, while
4. conjunctive adverbs: accordingly, consequently, hence, nevertheless, still, also,
finally, however, otherwise, therefore, besides, furthermore, instead, similarly,
thus
Interjections
Yikes! Wow! Oh! No! Yes! Great! Hey! Alas! Well! Oh no! Ouch!