Author: Balde, Amanda

This is a sheet to help you help your child with some important vocabulary. I recognize that you are all highly educated individuals, but I just wanted you to have a ’cheat sheet.’

Vocab Word	Definition	Examples
Noun	Person, place, thing, idea	Alfred, school, pencil, childhood
Verb	Action word	Run, skip, jump/am, is are
Adjective	Describing word	Yellow, tall, three
Adverb	Modifies a verb, adjective, / or another adverb	Surely, quickly, very, neatly / (see schoolhouse rock )
Pronoun	‘professional’ noun-takes the place of a noun	It, they, him, her, our
Subject	-what the sentence is about(can be simple=one word, or compound=multiple words	The man ran down the road.
Predicate	The action in the sentence(can be simple=one word, or compound=multiple words)	The man ran down the road.
Homophone	Words that sound the same, spelled differently	Dear, deer ant, aunt
Homograph	Multiple meaning words	Park, trunk, top
Plural noun	A noun that means more than one	Bears, leaves, papers
Possessive noun	A noun that shows ownership	Dogs’, Jim’s, coaches’
Comparative adverb/adjective	Compares two things (ends in ‘er’)	Bigger, taller
Superlative adverb/adjective	Compares three or more things (ends in ‘est’)	Best, smallest, highest
Coordinating conjunction	Joins two words, or phrases	F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (for,and,nor, but,or, yet, so)
Subordinating conjunction	Joins two words, or phrases	So, once, after, because, if, until, while, although
Compound sentence	*uses a coordinating conjunction.	The man ran and he went to the store.
Complex sentence	Uses a subordinating conjunction	She had fun so she went back.