Building Blocks of Language I Flashcards
Noun
names a person, place, or thing
Verb
shows action or state of being
Adjective
describes a noun or a pronoun
Adverb
describes a verb
Pronoun
used instead of a noun
Preposition
specifies relationships between nouns, pronouns, and phrases within a sentence
Conjunction
links words, phrases, and clauses
Interjection
added to a sentence to convey emotion
eight parts of speech in the English language
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
Adjectives generally answer the questions
Which? What kind? How many? and can be used as comparatives or superlatives by adding endings to a word or by using the adjective together with more or most.
Adverbs generally answer the questions
How? When? Where? To what degree or How much?
Pronouns take the place of a noun
can be nominative, objective, reflexive, possessive, or relative.
Prepositions
introduce a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause and always have a noun or pronoun as their object.
Prepositional phrases
include the preposition and the object of the preposition as well as any modifiers related to either.
Conjunctions
join clauses and can be classified as coordinating, subordinating, or correlative.
A phrase
is a group of words that does not have either a subject or a verb and does not make sense by itself.
An independent clause
has a subject and a predicate, and can stand alone as a complete sentence.
A dependent clause
has a subject and a predicate but depends on an independent clause to be complete.
Interjections
are exclamatory phrases used to convey emotion.
