Part of speech flashcards
The eight parts of speech are classified under four headings:
- Principle:
- noun
- pronoun
- verb - Modifiers
- adjective
- adverb - Connectives
- preposition
- conjunction - Independent:
A. Interjection
Noun definition:
Person place thing or idea
Ex: many famous Americans) were born in poverty.
Pronoun definition: word used instead of a noun
Example: (I) am going with you
Verb definition:
Word or group of words used to assert something about a person,place,thing,or idea
Example: mary (plays) the piano well
Modifier definition:
Word or group of words used to change or limit the meaning of another word.
Adjectives and adverbs are
Modifiers
Adverb definition:
Modifies a verb,an adjective, or another adverb.
Example: speak (distinctly)
Adjective definition:
Modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun.
Example: (the) horse is ( a domestic) animal.
Connectives definition:
Word that joins one word to another or one group of words to another.
Preposition definition:
Shows relationship between it’s object and some word in the sentence.
Example: we are going (to) cleveland this summer.
Conjunction definition:
Connects words or group of words.
Example: Carl (and) John are visiting us.
Interjection definition:
An exclamatory sound used to express some emotion.
Example: (look,)that airplane is flying upside down!
Interjections don’t have
Grammatical connection with sentence
Noun:
Person’s: Dan teacher child
Places: grand canyon, city, Nevada, kitchen
Things: train, lamp, canary,year,bread
Ideas: grief,desire, democracy, speed,bravery
Hints to help you identify nouns:
- The,a, an signal that noun is coming
Example: (a) (book)
(A) green storage (box) - His her my your their our and it’s signal that a noun is coming.
(Can be a few words away)
Example:
(Their) young (child) - When there is three or more nouns in a row the last one only is a noun.
Examples: the American (student) - Words that show ownership signal that a noun is coming
Example: my sister’s mean (boss)
