Parts Of Speech

Question 1

What is nouns ?

Answer 1

Naming word of everyday things

Question 2

What two words are normally put before a common noun?

Answer 2

A, the

Question 3

What is a proper noun and what does it have to have to be called a proper noun?

Answer 3

Meaning: Names of people,places etc.
Clues: Capital letter

Question 4

What is a Collective noun? And what is a clue to know what it is ?

Answer 4

Meaning: Names a collection or group
Clue: Replaces “Lots of “

Question 5

What’s a abstract noun? Clue?

Answer 5

Meaning: something that’s not visible
Clue: you can give it to someone but not in a box
He/she is full of

Question 6

Pronoun?clue?

Answer 6

M: stands in place of a noun
C: can replace a noun
Eg. ‘Mary is given homework everyday and diligently’ becomes ‘She does it ….’

Question 7

Adjectives?

Answer 7

Describing words
Eg. The talented teacher has motivated the enthusiastic students

Question 8

Verb?

Answer 8

Doing words

Question 9

Adverb?clue?

Answer 9

M:Modifies (tells you about) the verb
C:Tells you when,where or how something is done

Question 10

Conjunctions?clue?

Answer 10

M:Joining words
C:Joins two phrases or clauses

Question 11

Prepositions?clue?

Answer 11

M:’Small words’ which usually relate two words or phrases to one another
C: usually precede nouns, pronouns,articles
Eg. The teacher sat (on) the chair (behind) her table.

Question 12

Article? Difference between indefinite and definite?

Answer 12

M: the words ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ which precede nouns and adjectives
D: indefinite = ‘a’. ‘an’
Definite = ‘the’