Common Nouns: A common noun is a general, universal, basic, person, place, thing or idea.

Example: alarm clock, homework, dough, (thing)

hospital, lake, school (place) kids, boy, girl (person)

Proper Nouns: A proper noun is a very specific person, place, thing or idea. They are capitalized!

Example: Mustang, Crest Toothpaste (thing) Lake Michigan, JFK Middle School (place) Catalina, Tom Brady (person)

Active Verbs: An active verb is a word that shows action and puts an object (a noun) into motion in a sentence.

Example: The boy leapt out of bed. The cow jumped over the moon. Harry Potter dodged the lightning fast

curse just in time and fired a Disarming Charm back in retaliation.

Helping Verbs: A helping verb is a word that aids or assists an active or main verb in the sentence.

Mrs. Paton might assign homework tonight.

I should do my homework tonight. I will do my homework tonight.

am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been

have, has, had shall, will, can do, does, did may, must, might could, would, should

A linking verb is a word that connects the subject (beginning of a sentence) to the predicate (end of the sentence).

Examples: The boy is joyful. The story was superior. The sun looked bright.

Verbs that sometimes are used as linking verbs [list may not be complete]

feeltastelooksmellappeargrowremainstayturnseemsoundbecomeprove

 

Forms of to be are sometimes used as linking verbs

isamarewaswerebebeingbeen