English-parts Of Speech Flashcards

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Nouns

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Nouns-names a person,place and thing

For example,book,Sarah,teeth,photo

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Concrete nouns

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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

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Common noun

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Common noun-a everyday person,place or thing. It has to start with a lowercase letter.

For example,table,bed,ice,tree

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Proper noun

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Proper noun- a detailed person,place or thing. It must start with a capital letter.

For example,Mickey Mouse,Canada,Madison,Extec

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Collective noun

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Collective noun-a group of things

For example,bundle of hay,school of fish,bunch of bananas,flock of birds

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Abstract noun

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Abstract noun-a noun that see,hear,touch,smell and taste is impossible.

For example,hurt,sad,thoughts,scared

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Singular noun

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Singular noun- a noun that can only name one person,place or thing

For example,dog,flower,brain,heart

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Plural noun

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Plural noun- a noun that will name more than one person,place or thing

For example-cats,wolves,trees,letters

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Pronoun

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Pronoun-takes a place of a noun

For example-he,she,her,him

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Verb

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Doing/action word

For example- hunting, eating, loving and tasting

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Auxiliary or helping verbs

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A word that helps a verb to make it into a verb phrase

For example, will, can, must and should

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Past tense verb

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A verb that is in the past

For example flew, ate, dreamed and wished

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Present tense verb

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A verb that is right now

For example eating, begging, living and flying

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Future tense verb

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A verb that will be done in the future

For example will kick, will fly, will met and will start

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Adverb

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A word that describes a verb

For example cautiously, crazily, perfectly and nicely

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Adjective

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A word that describes a noun

For example colourful, special, gigantic and chocolate

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Conjunction

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Used to connect sentences

For example after, because, and and although

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Interjection

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Shows emotion and feeling

For example ahhh, boo, woof and eww

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Relative pronoun

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They refer to nouns

For example which, what, that and who

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Possessive pronouns

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Shows ownership

For example mine, hers, his and ours

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Preposition

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Links nouns and pronouns

For example about, for, after and on