![]() ![]() Adverbs are often made from adjectives (careful - carefully). ADVERB: These modify several things: verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.EX: Walking, throwing a football, going downtown. When a verb is in its present participle ("ing") form, it can operate as a noun (called a gerund). EX: The car was blue and full of bullet holes. Verbs can also be linking verbs, meaning that they connect a subject to a word or group of words which describe or complete its meaning. EX: Transitive: Walter kicked the football. Verbs can be transitive, meaning that they act on something else, or intransitive, meaning that they don't. VERB: These state an action or a state of being.ADJECTIVE: These describe or modify nouns.They can be individual (I, you, he) or collective (everyone, each). PRONOUN: These substitute for nouns but act in the same way.NOUN: These name persons, things, places, ideas - can be concrete or abstract. ![]() We'll start with the basics and move on to the very confusing. This page will provide a review of the parts of speech and sentences so that you can identify for yourself when you are using them properly (and possibly understand your instructor's comments better). Return to GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION HELP Table of Contents. ![]()
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