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 Above behind Across below After beneath Against beside Along between Among beyond Around by As despite At down
during except for from in inside into like near of
off on onto out outside over since through throughout to
toward under underneath until up upon with within without
Commonly Used Compound Prepositions According to by means of in place of Aside from in addition to in spite of Because of in front of instead of
on account of out 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!