Overview of Parts of Speech Flashcards
noun
a person, place, thing, or idea
person: boy, Kate, mom
place: house, Edmonton, ocean
Thing: car, desk, phone
Idea: freedom, prejudice, sadness
pronoun
a word that takes the place of a noun
Instead of Kate –> she
Instead of car –> it
he, they, I, you, we, them, who, everyone, anybody, that, many, both, few
adjective
describes a noun or a pronoun
answers the questions:
- what kind
- which one
- how many
- how much
articles are a subcategory of adjectives and include the following three words: a, an, the
old car (what kind) old = adjective
that car (which one) that = adjective
two cars (how many) two = adjective
verb
action, condition, or state of being
action verbs (things you can do):
think
run
jump
climb
eat
grow
linking or helping verbs:
am
is
are
was
were
(these are the verb “to be”)
adverb
describes a verb, adjective, or other verb
answers the questions how, when, where, and to what extent
many words ending in “ly” are adverbs:
quickly
smoothly
truly
other adverbs:
yesterday
ever
rather
quite
earlier
preposition
shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence; they begin a prepositional phrase, which has a noun or pronoun after it, called the object
over
under
on
from
of
at
through
in
next to
against
like
conjunction
connecting word; connects ideas and/or sentence parts
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
(spells FANBOYS to remember those)
Other conjunctions:
however
while
since
because
Some conjunctions can be found at the beginning of a sentence and those help to connect two sentences.
interjections
show emotion
usually the first word(s) and are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma (,), or exclamation point (!)
wow
bam
gee
ha
aha
ouch
Is “many” a pronoun or an adjective in this sentence?
Many girls went to the dance.
an adjective describing how many girls
Is “many” a pronoun or an adjective in this sentence?
Many went to the dance
a pronoun, replacing the noun “girls”
Is “down” an adverb or a preposition in this sentence?
I looked down.
“down” is an adverb describing where I looked
Is “down” an adverb or a preposition in this sentence?
I looked down the river.
“down” is a preposition, starting the phrase “down the river”
Is “tomorrow” an adverb or a noun in this sentence?
The test is tomorrow.
“tomorrow” is an adverb answering when the test is
Is “tomorrow” an adverb or a noun in this sentence?
Tomorrow will be beautiful!
noun (an idea)
