The word to is used as a preposition to show where someone is going. Sam walked to the library.We went to school.The team drove to the ball diamond. The preposition to can also show the transfer of an object from… Read more348. Using the Preposition To

Some words can be both a preposition and an adverb. You can tell them apart because a preposition always begins a prepositional phrase. An adverb is not part of a phrase. I stood up. The word up is an adverb… Read more346. Preposition or Adverb?

Prepositions are words that show position. Some prepositions are actually two or three words used together. These multi-word prepositions act as a single preposition to begin a prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase always ends with an object of the preposition…. Read more344. Multi-Word Prepositions

A verb shows action in a sentence. Bob runs.My dog barked.The baby cries.The wind blows. In each sentence, the verb shows what is happening. It’s easy to find the verb in a short sentence like the ones above. Here are… Read more291. Action Verbs

A participle looks like a verb and acts like an adjective. Words with an -ing ending are often verbs. The boy is swimming. The baby is crying. Swimming and crying are verbs that show show action. But we can also… Read more288. Participles as Adjectives

An adjective goes right in front of a noun to describe the noun. A proper adjective is a describing word that gets made from a proper noun. We always capitalize a proper adjective. These proper nouns are the names of… Read more278. Proper Adjectives

Some adjectives modify a noun by telling the quality of a noun.Here are some adjectives that describe the quality of a noun: good, bad, wonderful, awful, horrible, lovely, helpful, useful, worthless, useless, nice, icky, nasty, beautiful, ugly, broken, ripped, torn,… Read more274. Adjectives Show the Quality of a Noun