Parts of Speech

Question 1

What are the parts of speech?

Answer 1

Adjective, verb, adverb, noun, pronoun, article, connective/conjunction, preposition.

Question 2

What are the three types of nouns?

Answer 2

proper nouns (need a capital letter), common nouns (don’t need a capital letter) and collective nouns (referring to a group e.g. bunch [of flowers])

Question 3

What are the two subcategories of common nouns?

Answer 3

concrete and abstract

Question 4

What is a concrete noun?

Answer 4

something that you can touch e.g. table

Question 5

What is an abstract noun?

Answer 5

something that you can’t touch e.g. peace

Question 6

What is an article in parts of speech?

Answer 6

a, an, the

Question 7

What is a connective/conjunction?

Answer 7

It is a word to connect two clauses / parts of a sentence e.g. and, but, however, although.

Question 8

What is a preposition?

Answer 8

It is a word that shows the relation between two things e.g. in, on, under, above, of, to.