Parts of Speech

Question 1

names a person, place, thing, or idea

Answer 1

noun

Question 2

conveys an action or state of being (existence)

Answer 2

verb

Question 3

is, are, was, were

Answer 3

verbs

Question 4

adds information about a noun or pronoun

Answer 4

adjective

Question 5

adds information about a verb, adjective, or another adverb

Answer 5

adverb

Question 6

takes the place (stands in for) a noun

Answer 6

pronoun

Question 7

I, me, we, him, her, he, she, they

Answer 7

pronouns

Question 8

tells you the relationship of something to something else

Answer 8

preposition

Question 9

over, under, on, in, with, by, around

Answer 9

prepositions

Question 10

a word that connects other words or groups of words

Answer 10

conjunction

Question 11

fanboys

Answer 11

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 12

a word or phrase used to express strong emotion or surprise

Answer 12

interjection

Question 13

oh! well, yay! ew, ouch!

Answer 13

interjections

Question 14

connects the subject to a noun or adjective in the predicate

Answer 14

linking verb (Jill is a student, Jill is happy)

Question 15

a, an, the

Answer 15

adjectives

Question 16

When? Where? How? How much? How often? (time, place, manner, and degree)

Answer 16

describes adverbs

Question 17

what does a prepositional phrase include?

Answer 17

preposition, the object of the preposition (noun or pronoun), and any modifiers of the object

Question 18

¨ly¨ words (longingly, quickly, easily…)

Answer 18

adverbs