Chapter 2 Parts of Speech

Question 1

Eight parts of speech

Answer 1

Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Conjunctions
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Interjections

Question 2

1 ) Nouns: common nouns
most nouns form the plural by adding “s” or “es”
country - countries

Answer 2

Name: who/whom or what
People, animals, places, and things-dog holiday, city, house
abstract concepts and qualities- modesty, beauty, success
activities and events- drinking, running, sleeping, crying
time and measurements- number , million , week, mile, decade

Question 3

Proper Nouns:

Answer 3

specific names that begin with a capital- White House, Toronto, Fido, Halloween, Professor Julie Styles

Question 4

Collective Nouns:

Answer 4

name a group, team, committee, herd, jury

Question 5

2) Pronouns: personal

Indefinite Pronouns

Answer 5

substitute for nouns- Jerry Sider (he) (his)

tell who, whom , or what.

Question 6

Personal Pronouns:

3 categories

Answer 6

First-person Pronouns
Second-person Pronouns
Third-person Pronouns

Question 7

First-person Pronouns

Answer 7

the person or people speaking or writing
Singular - I, me, my, mine, myself
Plural - we, us, our, ours, ourselves

Question 8

Second-person Pronouns

Answer 8

The person or people spoken or written to
Singular or plural - you, your, yours
Singular only - yourself
Plural only - yourselves

Question 9

Third-person Pronouns

Answer 9

the person(s), people, or things(s) spoken or written about
Singular masculine- he, him, his, himself
Singular feminine- she, her, hers, herself
Singular neutral- it, its, itself
Plural neutral - they, them, their, theirs, themselves

Question 10

Indefinite pronouns

Answer 10

don’t specify whom or what they substitute for.
who, this, everyone, everybody, everything
whoever, that, someone, somebody, something
whom, these, anyone, anybody, anything
whomever, those, no one, nobody, nothing
whose, each

Question 11

3) Verbs: 2 types

Answer 11

Action
Being
most verbs can add ing to them

Question 12

Action

Answer 12

most verbs express some kind of action

eat, love, count, run, work, worry, write, dance, receive, own, play

Question 13

Being

Answer 13

Stat-of-being “being” or “linking”

be, being, been, am, is, are, was, were, become, seem, remain, feel, sound, taste, “you SEEM calm”

Question 14

infinitive- used as nouns

Answer 14

put “to” in front of a verb ie: to eat, to love,

TO KNOW me is TO LOVE me. the verb is “is”

Question 15

4) Conjunctions: 2 types

Answer 15

Coordinating conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions

Question 16

coordinating conjunctions

Answer 16

join words or groups of words that are equal

We met and the junction of Fifth AND Elm Streets

Question 17

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 17

independent
join words or groups of words that aren’t equal
We studied for may hours BECAUSE the final exam is tomorrow

Question 18

5) Prepositions- join nouns and pronouns

Answer 18

join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence
Your cat is UNDER the chair
Go THROUGH the door
I'm going TO Hawaii
Sit BESIDE me

Question 19

Prepositions- convey different meanings

Answer 19

Ellen often talked WITH Mr. Lee
Ellen often talked ABOUT Mr. Lee
Ellen often talked TO Mr. Lee

Question 20

6) Interjection

Answer 20

express strong feelings
Awesome!
Goodness!
Amazing!
Wow!
No Way!

Question 21

7) Adjectives- 4 kinds

Answer 21

pointing
descriptive
articles
limiting

Question 22

pointing

Answer 22

THOSE crystal glasses. this, that , these

Question 23

descriptive

Answer 23

Those CRYSTAL glasses. yellow, shabby, respectful

Question 24

articles

Answer 24

THE crystal glasses. An A

Question 25

limiting

Answer 25

TWO crystals glasses. Each, more, 50, any, every

Question 26

8) Adverbs- modify verbs, adjectives and other verbs

Answer 26

I IMPULSIVELY purchased the shoes and UNCOMFORTABLY paid the price because I REALLY wanted to wear them IMMEDIATELY.

Question 27

8) Adverbs- modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

they add information about

Answer 27

When
TODAY we must begin work.
How
We proceeded RAPIDLY to work.
Where
Did you see the lawyer THERE?
To what extent
The prosecutor did not question him FURTHER.