Basic grammar definitions
The following definitions and rules are a compilation from several primary school books.
Ø Adjectives: describes a person, place, animal, or things. It can tell how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, or smells. I love soft cookies.
Ø Adverbs: tell more about a verb, some adverbs sow when or where. A moving van came today. They can also tell more about the verb by telling how an action is done. Elicia moved slowly to open the door.
Ø Commas (more to come): commas are used to separate three or more things, dates, address, to begin and end a letter. They are also used to combine compound sentences( , and or , but)
Ø Noun Proper: Are special, or actual names for a person, place, animal, and thing. Days of the week, months of the years, holidays, and titles. Elicia Clegg went to Utah to visit Mr. Spalding at Davis School on Saturday, April 15th.
Ø Noun: A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. The man fell down on the ice which made the dog bark.
Ø Nouns Plural change in spelling: Some are: Child - children, man -- men, woman -- women, tooth -- teeth, foot -- feet, leaf -- leaves, wolf -- wolves, mouse -- mice, goose -- geese
Ø Nouns Possessive: To show ownership add an apostrophe (') and -s when the noun is Singular. Add just an apostrophe (') when the noun is plural: The bear's paw hurt. The bears' paws hurt.
Ø Nouns Singular and Plural: add -s to MOST nouns to show more than one. If a noun ends in (s,ch,sh,or x) add -es.
Ø Predicate: the predicate tells what the subject of a sentence does or is. Elicia hikes.
Ø Pronoun: I and Me: The pronoun I and me take the place of your name, use I in the subject of a sentence, use me after an action verb, always write I with a capital letter. I have a cat. The cat follows me. When you talk about yourself and another person, name yourself last, the pronouns I and me take the place of your name. My friends and I danced all night. They see the cat and me walk around the house.
Ø Pronouns: a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns: He, she, it we, you, they.
Ø Subject: the subject of a sentence tells what or who does something. Elicia is writing.
Ø Verbs with Singular and Plural Nouns: add -s to a verb to tell what ONE noun does. Do NOT add -s to a verb that tells what TWO or MORE nouns are doing. E.G.: Elicia writes a book. Elicia and Deavan write books.
Ø Verbs: Am, IS, Are, Was, and Were. these verbs DO NOT show action. They show what someone or something is or was. These verbs are forms of the verb: TO BE. The verbs am, is, and are tell about now. The verbs was and were tell about the past.
Ø Verbs: a word that shows action. The word runs is a verb. | 
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