Parts of Speech

Question 1

Nouns

Answer 1

Words used to give names to people, places, things, and ideas.
The subject of the sentence.

Question 2

Verbal Noun

Answer 2

A noun that has no verb-like qualities despite being derived from a noun.

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

Replace other nouns in a sentence

Question 4

Personal Pronoun

Answer 4

Act as subject or object of a sentence (She, her)

Question 5

Possessive Pronoun

Answer 5

Hers, mine

Question 6

Reflexive Pronoun

Answer 6

Myself

Question 7

Relative Pronouns

Answer 7

Connected to a noun - replaces a noun in the sentence
That, which, who, whom, and whose

Begins a dependent clause
Charlie, who made the clocks,
I live in Texas, which is a large state
I don’t know whose car that is

Question 8

Interrogative Pronouns

Answer 8

Used to ask questions

Who, which, whom, what, and whose

Question 9

Demonstrative Pronouns

Answer 9

Draws attention to a noun and can indicate it’s position in space or time.
This, that, these, and those

Question 10

Indefinite Pronouns

Answer 10

Replaces nouns to avoid unnecessary repetition (several, both, another, many, all, most, everyone, anything, more)

Question 11

Verbs

Answer 11

Express action or a state of being

Question 12

Action Verbs

Answer 12

Express Action

Question 13

Linking Verbs

Answer 13

Join the subject of the sentence to the subject complement, which follows the verb and provides more info about the subject.

Question 14

Helping Verbs

Answer 14

Used to indicate tense or time of the action
All tenses of the following:
is, be, had, do, should, would, could, will

Question 15

Simple Verb Tense

Answer 15

Occurring once

Question 16

Continuous Verb Tense

Answer 16

Ongoing

Question 17

Active Voice

Answer 17

The subject of the sentence performs the main action of the sentence

Question 18

Adjectives

Answer 18

Modify or describe nouns and pronouns

Question 19

Adjective - Determiners

Answer 19

Articles (a, an and the)
Possessive Adjectives (my, her)
Descriptors of Quantity (three, several)

Question 20

Adjective - Origin

Answer 20

Modifiers that describe where something came from (American, homemade)

Question 21

Adjective - Purpose

Answer 21

Adjectives that function as part of the noun to describe it’s purpose (sewing machine, rocking chair)

Question 22

Adverbs

Answer 22

It’s a modifier. It modifies verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, phrases or clauses.

Often formed by adding the suffix -ly, modify any word or set of words that aren’t a noun or pronoun.

Often answer the questions
Where? When? Why? How? How often? To what extent? Under what conditions?

Question 23

Conjunctions

Answer 23

join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences by use of three mechanisms.
Coordinating, correlative, and subordinating.

Question 24

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 24

Join together two independent clauses or complete thoughts.
Include and, but , or for, not, yet, so, etc..
Note that some fo these can also be used to join items in a series.

Question 25

Correlative Conjunctions

Answer 25

Whether/or Either/or Neither/nor Both/and Not only/but also | Work together to join items

Question 26

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 26

Join dependent clauses (thoughts that cannot stand alone as sentences) to the related independent clause. They usually describe some sort of relationship between two parts of the sentence, such as cause and effect or order. Can appear at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence.

Question 27

Prepositions

Answer 27

Set up relationships in time or space. After the party or Under the cushions Prepositions are usually a part of a prepositional phrase which includes the object of the preposition. If a preposition is standing alone in a sentence, then it is usually functioning as an adverb.

Question 28

Interjections

Answer 28

Have no grammatical attachment to the sentence itself other than to add expressions of emotion.

Question 29

Syntax

Answer 29

The study of how words are combined to create sentences

Question 30

Subject

Answer 30

What the sentence is about, it will be a noun that is usually performing the main action of the sentence, and may be accompanied by modifiers

Question 31

Predicate

Answer 31

Describes what the subject is doing or being. It contains the verbs and any modifiers or objects that accompany it.

Question 32

Phrase

Answer 32

Partial idea, lacks either a subject or a predicate

Question 33

Prepositional Phrase

Answer 33

Beings with a preposition and ends with an object of the preposition

Question 34

Verb Phrase

Answer 34

Composed of the main verb along with it's helping verbs

Question 35

Noun Phrase

Answer 35

Consists of a noun and it's modifiers

Question 36

Appositive Phrase

Answer 36

A noun phrase that renames the word or group of words that precede it

Question 37

Verbal Phrase

Answer 37

Begin with a word that would normally act as a verb but is instead filling another role within the sentence. These can act as nouns, adjectives or adverbs.

Question 38

Gerund Phrase

Answer 38

Begin with gerunds which are verbs that end in -ing and act as nouns

Question 39

Participial Phrase

Answer 39

is a verbal phrase that acts as an adjective Start with either present participles which end in -ing or past participles which usually end in -ed Can be extracted from the sentence and the sentence would still make sense because the participial is only modifying

Question 40

Infinitive Phrase

Answer 40

Verbal phrase that may act as a noun, adjective or adverb | Being with the word to, followed by a simple form of a verb

Question 41

Clauses

Answer 41

Contain both a subject and a predicate. | Can be independent or dependent

Question 42

Independent Clause

Answer 42

Can stand as it's own sentence

Question 43

Dependent Clause

Answer 43

Cannot stand alone as it's own sentence

Question 44

Simple Sentence

Answer 44

Will have only one independent clause and no dependent clauses

Question 45

Compound Sentence

Answer 45

Two or more independent clauses and no dependent

Question 46

Complex Sentence

Answer 46

Has only one independent clause, and one or more dependent clauses

Question 47

Compound - Complex Sentence

Answer 47

Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Question 48

Semicolon

Answer 48

Used to show a general relationship between two independent clauses

Question 49

Colon

Answer 49

Introduces a list, definition, or clarification