8 Parts of Speech

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas. A noun may be an object or subject within a phrase, clause, or sentence.

Question 2

pronoun

Answer 2

a word or group of words that one may substitute for nouns or phrases.

Question 3

verb

Answer 3

words that express action, state, or condition of being, assist other verbs

Question 4

Preposition

Answer 4

a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.

Question 5

conjunction

Answer 5

a conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses, called conjuncts. Ex; nor, and, for, but, yet, or, so…

Question 6

adverb

Answer 6

a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence. in the sentence “Don’t drive fast,” the word “fast” is an adverb because it modifies the verb “drive.”

Question 7

interjection

Answer 7

a word or phrase that is grammatically independent from the words around it, and mainly expresses feeling rather than meaning. Oh, what a beautiful house! Uh-oh, this looks bad.

Question 8

adjective

Answer 8

a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase. Its semantic role is to change the information given by the noun.