Parts of speech Flashcards
What is a common noun?
The name given to things which you can recognise with your five senses.
What is a proper noun?
The name given to specific/particular people, places and things.
What is a collective noun?
The name given to a group/collection of nouns,
What is an abstract noun?
The name given to concepts, ideas or feelings that cannot be recognised by the senses.
What is a personal pronoun?
A word that stands in the place of a noun
What is a possessive pronoun?
Pronouns that show ownership
What is a reflexive pronoun?
Pronouns that refer/relate back to a noun already mentioned in the
What is a relative pronoun?
A pronoun that ends with the word ‘self’ or ‘selves’
What is a indefinite pronoun?
A pronoun that indicates an indefinite amount,
What is a interrogative pronoun?
A pronoun that asks a question.
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
A pronoun that points to another noun or pronoun.
What is a descriptive adjective?
The most common kind of adjective. It describes (duh!) a noun or pronoun.
What is a Demonstrative adjective?
Demonstrates/points to a particular noun,
What is an Interrogative adjective?
Asks questions (i.e. interrogates)
What is a Indefinite adjective?
Indicates an unknown quantity,
What is a Numerical adjective?
Numbers (duh!).
What is a order adjective?
Adjectives to indicate order: Shows position.
What is a Possessive adjective?
Shows ownership of a particular noun.
What is an article adjective?
There are two types of articles
- Indefinite article or/an
- Definite article the
What is an adverb of time?
Answer the question When?
What is an adverb of manner?
Answer the question How?
What is an adverb of place?
Answer the question Where?
What is an adverb of reason ?
Answer the question Why?
What is an adverb if negatio?
The words ‘not’, ‘neither’ and ‘nor’ are adverbs.
What are adverbs that modify adjectives?
These are called adverbs of degree and answer the question HOW MUCH
What are adverbs that modify other adverbs?
These adverbs tell you more about other adverbs in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
something that show the position of one noun in relation to another noun
What is a conjunction?
something that connects two words, phrases, or clauses together.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
conjunctions that join two items of equal importance
What is a subordinating conjunction?
introduce a subordinate clause.
What is an interjection?
expressions of emotion that perform no grammatical function.
What is an adverb?
a word or an expression that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb.
What is an adjective?
an adjective is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase.
What is a noun?
a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things or to name a particular one of these
What is a verb?
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
