Grammar- parts of speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

name of person, place, thing, or idea (ex. John, New York, car, sadness)

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

a pronoun takes the place of a noun (ex. I, me, you, he, she, it, that…)

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being (ex. read, walk, happen, be –> was, is, and, are, will be)

Question 4

Adjectives

Answer 4

describes or modifies a noun (ex. hot, funny, large, fast)

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

modifies everything OTHER than nouns (ex. very, quickly, quietly, angrily, Yesterday)

Question 6

Preposition

Answer 6

Shows the relationship between the words it connects. Must be followed by a noun (in, at, of, from, under)

Question 7

Conjunction

Answer 7

Connects words, phrases, and clauses together (ex. and, but, or, because, if…)