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