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8 Parts of Speech Flashcards

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What are the 8 parts of speech?

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Noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection

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What is a Noun?

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A person, place, thing, or idea

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What is a Verb?

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An action or state of being

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What is a pronoun?

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a word that takes the place of a noun

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What is an Adjective?

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a word or phrase that describes a noun

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What is an Adverb?

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a word or phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, or pronoun

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What is a Conjunction?

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words that join words or groups of words

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What is a Preposition?

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words that show relationship between a noun or a pronoun

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What is an Interjection?

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words used to convey emotion through some kind of exclaimation

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What is a proper noun?

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Nouns that name SPECIFIC people, places, things, or ideas

ex. Maya, Paris, Rover

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What is a common noun?

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Nouns that name GENERIC people, places, things, or ideas.

ex. woman, city, dog

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What is a collective noun?

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Nouns that refer to GROUPS of people, animals, or things

ex. Audience, band, class, club, crowd, herd, team

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What is a possessive noun?

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Nouns that show ownership

ex. Mom’s keys

(Mom’s)

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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Objects that are used to refer to the subject of the sentence

ex. I made myself a sandwich

(myself)

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What is an indefinite pronoun?

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Pronouns that do not refer to a definite or specific person or thing

ex. each, everything, one, everyone, someone, anything

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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Pronouns that show possession

ex. (When used alone)
mine, yours, his, her, ours

ex. (Used before nouns)
my, your, their, our

17
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What is a relative pronoun?

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Words that introduce adjective clauses

ex. who, whom, whose, that, which

“This is the house that Jack build”

(that)

18
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What is are the 3 types of verbs?

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Active (main/action) - ate, kick, have
Linking (main/state of being) - am,
Helping - will,

19
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What is a transitive verb?

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Transitive Active - “John [kicked] the ball”

Transitive Passive - “The ball was [kicked]”

20
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What is a intransitive verb?

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Intransitive complete - “The ball [rolled]”

Intransitive Linking - “John [felt] happy”

21
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What is a clause?

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Groups of words that have both a subject and a verb

22
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What is an independent clause?

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Clauses that can stand alone as a complete thought

ex. “My mom smiled”

23
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What is a dependent clause?

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Clauses that cant stand alone as a complete thought

ex. “When I made dinner”

24
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What is a subordinating conjunction?

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Words that join certain kinds of dependent clauses

ex. Although, whenever, if, though, even if, because, unless, since

25
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What is a coordinating conjunction?

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Words that join together sentence elements that are the same

ex. (fanboys)
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

26
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What are correlative conjunctions?

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Conjunctions that are used in pairs

ex. either/or , neither/nor , both/and

27
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What is a temporal clause?

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Subordinate clauses that express the reference time with respect to which the main clause must be interpreted

28
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What is a conditional clause?

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Consist of a main clause and a conditional clause (sometimes called an if-clause)

29
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What is a comparative clause?

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A type of subordinate clause that follows the comparative form of an adjective or adverb and begins with as, than, or like.

30
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What is a reason/causal clause?

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Clauses that tell the reason why the main clause happened or was done

31
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What is an interrogative pronoun?

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A pronoun used to ask a question

ex. “[Who] are you?”

32
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What is an infinitive verb?

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Any verb that is preceded by the word ‘to’ is an infinitive.

examples: ‘to love, to eat, to run, to believe, to follow, to laugh, to stare, to wonder

33
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What is an indefinite article?

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An indefinite article is an article that refers to a noun without specifying it

SHS 465 - Speech and Language Acquisition (2 decks)

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