Cornell Notes: 8 Parts of Speech

Main Idea/Question Notes

Noun: A word that names a person, place, thing or idea

Pronoun: A word used in place of noun

Verbs: A word that shows action, being, or links a subject to a subject complement

Adjective: A word that modifies, or describes a noun or a pronoun

Adverb: A word that modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun

Preposition: A word that shows a relationship between its object and another word in the sentence

Interjection: A word that shows emotion but has no grammatical function

Conjunctions: A word that joins two words or two groups of words

 Cornell Notes: Grammar
Main Idea/Question Notes

What is Grammar? The way we think about language.

How many levels are there? 4

What is the First Level? Parts of Speech

How many parts of speech

are there? 8 different parts of speech
 Cornell Notes: Nouns
Main Idea/Question Notes
Common Nouns A general name for a person, place, thing or idea.
mountain student
Proper Nouns Name of a particular person, place thing or idea.
Mount Whitney Megan
Collective Noun Names a group of people or things
ex. Pack, team, jury
Singular/Plural One/More than one
Possessive Noun Shows ownership ‘s or s’ APOSTROPHE
Compound Noun 2 or more words used together as 1 noun
ex. Toothbrush, runner-up, dining room
 Cornell Notes: Pronouns
Main Idea/Question Notes
Pronouns: a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
Possessive pronouns: used to show ownership or relationship
ex. Her, his, ours, theirs *NO APOSTROPHE
Subject pronouns: used as the subject of a sentence
ex. I, you, he, she, it we, you, they
Object pronouns: used as the object of the verb or a preposition, or used as a
direct object or indirect object.
ex. Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Demonstrative pronouns: points out a person, place, thing or idea without naming that
person, place thing or idea.
ex. This, that, these, those
Interrogative pronouns: Introduces a question
ex. Which, who, whom, what, whose
 Cornell Notes: Adjectives
Main Idea/Question Notes
Adjectives A word that modifies a noun or pronoun
Adjectives help you see and/or feel

Articles considered adjectives-a, an, the

Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns and are always capitalized
ex. China- Chinese
Mars- Martian

Subject compliment an adjective that is behind a linking verb and tells more about
the subject (predicate adjective)
 Cornell Notes: Direct & Indirect Object
Main Idea/Question Notes
Direct Object (DO) A noun or object pronoun that receives the action of the action
verb.
Indirect Object (IO) A noun or object pronoun that is indirectly affected by the
action verb.
The IO is located between the action verb and the direct object

The producer paid us rent money

3 steps to find DO/IO 1. Find the main action verb---Paid
2. To find DO, ask- paid what?--money
3. To find the IO, ask- paid to or for whom or what?---us