Part of speech Flashcards
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, idea=
ball, desk, store
What is a verb?
Action words=
jump, talk, sing
What is a adverb?
Tell when, where, or how a action takes place=
slowly, soon, quickly
What is a Adjective?
Describes nouns or pronouns=
Big, gorgeous, red
What is a pronoun?
Takes the place a place of a noun=
they, him, she
What is a conjunction?
Brings words, phrases, or clauses together
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is a interjections?
Shows strong emotion
Hey!, Stop!, Yay!
What is a preposition?
Tells time or position of something
On, above, around, during
What is a common noun?
Not capitalized and not specific
ball, desk, store
What is a proper noun?
Capitalized and specific Ms. Dulaney, Walmart, Nike
What is a abstract noun?
A noun that you can’t see, touch, taste, hear, or smell
Love, hunger,` fear
What is a concrete noun?
A noun that you can touch and see
Food, dog, desk
What is a compound noun?
Made up of more then one word
Grocery store teacher dest shopping cart
