8 Parts of Speech Flashcards
What are the 8 parts of speech?
Noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
What is a Noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a Verb?
An action or state of being
What is a pronoun?
a word that takes the place of a noun
What is an Adjective?
a word or phrase that describes a noun
What is an Adverb?
a word or phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, or pronoun
What is a Conjunction?
words that join words or groups of words
What is a Preposition?
words that show relationship between a noun or a pronoun
What is an Interjection?
words used to convey emotion through some kind of exclaimation
What is a proper noun?
Nouns that name SPECIFIC people, places, things, or ideas
ex. Maya, Paris, Rover
What is a common noun?
Nouns that name GENERIC people, places, things, or ideas.
ex. woman, city, dog
What is a collective noun?
Nouns that refer to GROUPS of people, animals, or things
ex. Audience, band, class, club, crowd, herd, team
What is a possessive noun?
Nouns that show ownership
ex. Mom’s keys
(Mom’s)
What is a reflexive pronoun?
Objects that are used to refer to the subject of the sentence
ex. I made myself a sandwich
(myself)
What is an indefinite pronoun?
Pronouns that do not refer to a definite or specific person or thing
ex. each, everything, one, everyone, someone, anything
What is a possessive pronoun?
Pronouns that show possession
ex. (When used alone)
mine, yours, his, her, ours
ex. (Used before nouns)
my, your, their, our
What is a relative pronoun?
Words that introduce adjective clauses
ex. who, whom, whose, that, which
“This is the house that Jack build”
(that)
What is are the 3 types of verbs?
Active (main/action) - ate, kick, have
Linking (main/state of being) - am,
Helping - will,
What is a transitive verb?
Transitive Active - “John [kicked] the ball”
Transitive Passive - “The ball was [kicked]”
What is a intransitive verb?
Intransitive complete - “The ball [rolled]”
Intransitive Linking - “John [felt] happy”
What is a clause?
Groups of words that have both a subject and a verb
What is an independent clause?
Clauses that can stand alone as a complete thought
ex. “My mom smiled”
What is a dependent clause?
Clauses that cant stand alone as a complete thought
ex. “When I made dinner”
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Words that join certain kinds of dependent clauses
ex. Although, whenever, if, though, even if, because, unless, since
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Words that join together sentence elements that are the same
ex. (fanboys)
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
What are correlative conjunctions?
Conjunctions that are used in pairs
ex. either/or , neither/nor , both/and
What is a temporal clause?
Subordinate clauses that express the reference time with respect to which the main clause must be interpreted
What is a conditional clause?
Consist of a main clause and a conditional clause (sometimes called an if-clause)
What is a comparative clause?
A type of subordinate clause that follows the comparative form of an adjective or adverb and begins with as, than, or like.
What is a reason/causal clause?
Clauses that tell the reason why the main clause happened or was done
What is an interrogative pronoun?
A pronoun used to ask a question
ex. “[Who] are you?”
What is an infinitive verb?
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
What is an indefinite article?
An indefinite article is an article that refers to a noun without specifying it
