In example 2, the verb phrase is was studying. In example 1, the subject she performs two actions in the sentence, turned and opened. There may be multiple verbs in a sentence, or there may be a verb phrase consisting of a verb plus a helping verb.Įxample 1: She turned the key and opened the door.Įxample 2: Jackson was studying when I saw him last. In example 2, was describes Paul ’s state of being and is therefore the verb. In example 1, rides is the verb it describes what the subject, Beth, does. In example 2, the adjective tall appears after the reflexive verb is and describes the subject, she.Ī verb is a word that denotes action, or a state of being, in a sentence. In example 1, two consecutive adjectives, red and brick, both describe the noun house. In example 2, the article the precedes the noun phrase blue sweater, in which sweater is the noun and blue, the adjective.Īn adjective is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun.Īdjectives may precede nouns, or they may appear after a form of the reflexive verb to be (am, are, is, was, etc.).Įxample 1: We live in the red brick house. In example 1, the article a precedes the noun house, and a also precedes the noun phrase big porch, which consists of an adjective (big) and the noun it describes (porch). They precede a noun or a noun phrase in a sentence.Įxample 1: They wanted a house with a big porch.Įxample 2: He bought the blue sweater on sale. In the example above, both she and him are pronouns she is the subject of the sentence while him is the object.Įvery subject pronoun has a corresponding object form, as shown in the table below. Like nouns, pronouns may be used either as subjects or as objects in a sentence.Įxample: She planned to ask him for an interview. In the sentence above, she is the pronoun.
The abstract concepts of integrity and love in the sentences above are both nouns.Įxample 1: She visited Chicago every year.Ĭhicago, Thanksgiving, and November are all proper nouns, and they should be capitalized.Ī pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
In the sentence above, there are two nouns, dog and ball.Ī noun may be concrete (something you can touch, see, etc.), like the nouns in the example above, or a noun may be abstract, as in the sentences below. In a sentence, nouns answer the questions who and what. A noun is a word that denotes a person, place, or thing.
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