Parts Of Speech Flashcards

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Noun definition

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A noun is a word that names a person place or thing

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What are the types of nouns?

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Abstract nouns, concrete nouns, common nouns, proper nouns

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What is an abstract noun?

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Something you cant see our touch such as a feeling

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4
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What is an example of an abstract noun?

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Love

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What is a concrete noun?

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Something you can physically touch

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What is an example of a concrete noun?

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A book

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What is a common noun?

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General nouns

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What is an example of a common noun?

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Planet, teacher

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9
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What is a proper noun?

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Specific things

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What is an example of a proper noun?

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Neptune, Mrs. doornbush

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Adjectives definition

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Describes a noun or a pronoun

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What is an example of an adjective?

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Loyal as in my friend is loyal

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13
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What is a pronoun?

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A word that replaces a noun

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What is an example of a pronoun?

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She/her, they/them, he/him

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What are some examples of a personal pronoun?

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I, me, us, we, you

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Verb definition

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 an action in the sentence or links two nouns. 

17
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What is an example of a verb?

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Watched, played, is such as Elliot is a superhero

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Adverb definition

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Use to modify or describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

19
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What is common with adverbs?

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Commonly and in LY and answer questions how where when.

20
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What are some examples of adverbs?

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Yesterday, later, soon, daily, outside, nearby, somewhere.

21
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Conjunctions definition

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A part of speech that connects to words sentences phrases or clauses

22
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What does fanboys stand for? (Conjunctions)

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For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

23
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What are some examples of subordinating conjunction?

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Although, before, since, until 

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Interjection definition 

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A word or phrase that expresses emotion but has no grammatical relation to the other words in the sentence. 

25
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What is an example of a interjection?

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Woah baby!, Wow!

26
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What is common with interjections?

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When in a sentence they commonly have an! Or something separating them from the rest of the sentence.

27
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Preposition definition

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A word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence. 

28
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What is an example of a preposition?

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With, at, into, during, before, about, like

29
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They ATTENDED the concert last week

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Verb

30
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Several cats ran INTO robs garbage

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Preposition

31
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The truck delivered the packages QUICKLY

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Adverb

32
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 FAST runners won all the awards at the track meet

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Adjective

33
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I wanted a peanut butter AND jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday

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Conjunction

34
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SHE was counting the ballots during social studies class

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Pronoun

35
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HEY! That is my seat.

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Interjection

36
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The DIAGRAM was pretty complicated for us

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Noun

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