Oral & Written Language Development

Question 1

8 parts of speech

Answer 1

noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection

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Question 2

noun

Answer 2

names a person, place or thing

Question 3

verb

Answer 3

shows action or state of being

Question 4

adjective

Answer 4

describes a noun or a pronoun

answers the questions: Which? What kind? How many? and can be used as comparatives or superlatives by adding endings to a word or by using the adjective together with more or most

Question 5

pronoun

Answer 5

used instead of a noun

nominative, objective, reflexive, possessive or relative

Question 6

preposition

Answer 6

links nouns, pronouns, and phrases within a sentence

introduce a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause and always have a noun or pronoun as their object

Question 7

conjunction

Answer 7

links words, phrases, and clauses

coordinating, subordinating, or correlative

Question 8

interjection

Answer 8

added to a sentence to convey emotion

Question 9

adverb

Answer 9

generally ask the questions How? When? Where? to what degree or How much?

Question 10

phrase

Answer 10

group of words that does not have either a subject or a verb and does not make sense by itself

Question 11

independent clause

Answer 11

has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 12

dependent clause

Answer 12

has a subject and a predicate but depends on an independent clause to be complete

Question 13

verbal

Answer 13

a noun or adjective formed from a verb

3 types: participle, gerund, infinitive

Question 14

participle

Answer 14

verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed

The barking dog was hungry.

Question 15

gerund

Answer 15

verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun

Knitting is a wonderful hobby.

Question 16

infinitive

Answer 16

verbal consisting of the word “to” plus the base form of a verb that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb

She always wanted to learn to fly.

Question 17

phonology

Answer 17

the study of speech sounds

Question 18

morphology

Answer 18

the study of word structure, particularly of the relationships between words

Question 19

syntax

Answer 19

word order in the english language

Question 20

semantics

Answer 20

the study of meaning in language. Human language can be very imprecise.