Think of the following situations where your understanding of grammar will be noticed:

business letters; resume and/or job applications; important email messages; scholarship essays; school assignments, etc. It is important that people understand what you want to express.

Basic Elements of Communication: 

A sentence must have at least two parts:

 Here is an example of a sentence: 

Nouns and pronouns

A noun is person, place, thing, idea, or emotion.

Examples of nouns: 

nurse, bank, pencil, peace, anger

Note: Pronouns can replace nouns in a sentence to avoid repetition of the same noun.

Examples of pronouns: 

Verbs

A verb is at the heart of a sentence.

Action Verbs tell what happens in the sentence.

Examples of action verbs: run, tell, swim, eat, see, jump

Be Verbs level out an idea like an equal sign. For example: She is happy. (She = happy)

Nouns and Verbs Working Together

Below, the sentences are formed correctly because they have a noun and a verb that create a complete idea:

The kittens (n.) sleep (v.).

He (n.) climbs (v.).

In the examples below, the sentences are formed incorrectly because they are missing a noun or a verb, and so the idea is not complete:

Are (v.) often.

The mountains (n.).

Practice Problems

1. Which sentences are formed correctly? Choose all that apply.
1. I see
2. Am so busy
3. The chicken't house.
4. Windows up there.
5. Maria reads.
6. The dog ate.

1. I see. Maria Reads. The dog ate.

1. In the following sentence, which word is a noun?: The bird flew away.

1. bird

1. In the following sentence, which word is a noun?: Babies cry a lot.

1. In the following sentence, which word is a noun?: His pants are too big.

1. In the following sentence, which word is a pronoun?: The dog is mine.

1. In the following sentence, which word is a verb?: You are kind.

1. In the following sentence, which word is a verb?: My kids were hungry.