English-parts Of Speech Flashcards
Nouns
Nouns-names a person,place and thing
For example,book,Sarah,teeth,photo
Concrete nouns
Concrete nouns-a noun that you are able to touch it,smell it, see it,hear it and taste it.
For example,dog,steak,pillow,pole
Common noun
Common noun-a everyday person,place or thing. It has to start with a lowercase letter.
For example,table,bed,ice,tree
Proper noun
Proper noun- a detailed person,place or thing. It must start with a capital letter.
For example,Mickey Mouse,Canada,Madison,Extec
Collective noun
Collective noun-a group of things
For example,bundle of hay,school of fish,bunch of bananas,flock of birds
Abstract noun
Abstract noun-a noun that see,hear,touch,smell and taste is impossible.
For example,hurt,sad,thoughts,scared
Singular noun
Singular noun- a noun that can only name one person,place or thing
For example,dog,flower,brain,heart
Plural noun
Plural noun- a noun that will name more than one person,place or thing
For example-cats,wolves,trees,letters
Pronoun
Pronoun-takes a place of a noun
For example-he,she,her,him
Verb
Doing/action word
For example- hunting, eating, loving and tasting
Auxiliary or helping verbs
A word that helps a verb to make it into a verb phrase
For example, will, can, must and should
Past tense verb
A verb that is in the past
For example flew, ate, dreamed and wished
Present tense verb
A verb that is right now
For example eating, begging, living and flying
Future tense verb
A verb that will be done in the future
For example will kick, will fly, will met and will start
Adverb
A word that describes a verb
For example cautiously, crazily, perfectly and nicely
Adjective
A word that describes a noun
For example colourful, special, gigantic and chocolate
Conjunction
Used to connect sentences
For example after, because, and and although
Interjection
Shows emotion and feeling
For example ahhh, boo, woof and eww
Relative pronoun
They refer to nouns
For example which, what, that and who
Possessive pronouns
Shows ownership
For example mine, hers, his and ours
Preposition
Links nouns and pronouns
For example about, for, after and on