Grade 9 English - Grammar

Question 0

Pronoun

Answer 0

Takes place of a noun (she,he,it)

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

A word to name a person place, things, and idea

Question 2

Verb

Answer 2

Expresses an action, event, or state of being

Question 3

Adverb

Answer 3

Describes the verb and an adjective

Question 4

Adjective

Answer 4

Describes nouns, helps compare, usually comes before noun/pronoun

Question 5

Interjection

Answer 5

The linkage of nouns, pronouns, phrases to other words

Question 6

Preposition

Answer 6

An expressive word, followed by an exclamation mark or a comma

Question 7

Conjunction

Answer 7

A word that joins words (and, but, then, since..)

Question 8

Compound Noun

Answer 8

A noun that combines other nouns (short cake, suntan)

Question 9

Collective Noun

Answer 9

A noun that describes multiple of one thing (flack of birds, pod of police, group of people)

Question 10

Abstract noun

Answer 10

The opposite of a concrete noun. This noun names things that can not be perceive through the 5 senses

Question 11

Possessive Noun

Answer 11

A noun that shows ownership to another noun

Question 12

Common noun

Answer 12

To refer to a person, place or thing in a general sense