Parts Of Speech Flashcards

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Noun

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Person, place, thing or idea

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Verb

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Action or state of being

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3
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Pronoun

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Takes the place of a noun (He, everyone, them, whom you [mean])

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4
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Adjective

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Modifies noun or pronoun. Names an attribute. Answers the questions which one? What kind? Whose? How many?

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Adverb

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Modifies verb, adjective or other adverb. Expresses manner, place, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty. Answers the questions where, when, why, how

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6
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Conjunction

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Joins two words, phrases or clauses. And, while

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Preposition

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Connect a noun or pronoun with the rest of the sentence and give some relationship such as space time direction or cause ( IN the box, after, toward)

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8
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Interjection

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Exclamation like wow!

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9
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Adjective Questions

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Which one?
What kind?
How many?
Whose?

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10
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Name the Articles

A

A
An
The

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11
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Articles are what part of speech?

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Adjectives

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12
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Adverb Answers What Questions

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Answers the questions where, when, why, how, to what extent

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13
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Helping Verbs List

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Be, am, is, are, should
Were, been, being, have, has, had
Could, should, would, may might
Must, shall, can, do, will, did
Does, having

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14
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Transitive Active Verb

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TRANSfers its action to someone or something called direct object

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15
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Question to help spot direct objects of transitive verbs

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What/Whom did (the) __subject__ __verb__

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