English Parts of Speech

Question 1

Pronoun

Answer 1

A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun, often to avoid the need to repeat the same noun over and over. Like nouns, pronouns can refer to people, things, concepts, and places. (E.g. “her” or “him”)

Question 2

Noun

Answer 2

Person, place, animal, thing, concept. (E.g. freedom, or Kentucky.)

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

Action word (e.g. to run)

Question 4

Adjective

Answer 4

Descriptive word (e.g. shiny)

Question 5

Conjunction

Answer 5

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).

Question 6

Interjection

Answer 6

An interjection is a word or phrase used to express a feeling or to request or demand something. (E.g. “Ahhhh”, or “grrrr”)

Question 7

Adverb

Answer 7

An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb. (E.g. “quickly”, or “steadily”)

Question 8

Preposition

Answer 8

A preposition is 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. (E.g. in, at, among, with, and on)

Question 9

Clause (dependent and independent)

Answer 9

A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate. (E.g. Charlie eats a shoe)
Independent: A group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought. (E.g. Andrew worked all night)
Dependent: A group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. (E.g. but he was still unable to complete the project)

Question 10

Phrase

Answer 10

A group of words missing either a subject or a verb.

Question 11

Subject (complement)

Answer 11

Subject: the person or thing (a noun or pronoun) that does the action. (E.g. John runs, “John” is the subject)
Subject complement: word or phrase that appears after a linking verb in a sentence and modifies the subject of the sentence. (E.g. Casey is his brother, “his brother” is the subject complement)

Question 12

Direct and indirect object

Answer 12

a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jimmy fed the dog.
Indirect object is who is receiving the direct object. (E.g. I gave back his balloon, “his” is the indirect object.)

Question 13

Noun Phrase

Answer 13

A phrase that functions as a noun. (A type of phrase)
(E.g. the red car)