PARTS OF SPEECH Flashcards
Common Nouns
things, places, people, animals NORMAL
“The DOG barked at the MAILMAN”
Proper Nouns
Specific people or places - require capitalization
“George Washington was the first president”
Abstract Nouns
identify an idea or quality - truth, beauty, danger
“The judge wanted to know the TRUTH”
Nominative pronouns
replace the subject of a sentence
“Mary and I…WE brought the…”
Objective pronouns
replace the object of a sentence
“Rebecca and I saw John…Rebecca and I saw HIM”
Possessive pronouns
express possession
“the pencil belongs to me -> the pencil is MINE”
Adjectives
describes the noun
Possessive adjectives
express ownership
“that blue car belongs to me -> that’s my blue car”
participle
when a verb is used as an adjective typically ending in -ed or -ing
“the FALLING tree…”
Verb
action, state, or occurence
linking verbs
connect the subject with the rest of the sentence
“Those shoes ARE amazing”
adverb
describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Prepositions
express the relationship btwn different words in a sentence
“ The bass is ON the box vs. the ball is IN the box”
Prepositional phrases
groups of 2+ words beginning with preposition
“Jerry had tea WITH HIS MOM”
Coordination conjunctions
join words, phrases, or clauses
FANBOYS - For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
