Parts Of Speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Question 2

Common Nouns

Answer 2

A general name of a noun
Not capitalized Ex: hairspray, car, and orange

Question 3

Proper Nouns

Answer 3

specific name for a person place thing or idea
Capitalized
Ex: Anderson,SC

Question 4

Concrete Nouns

Answer 4

A noun that can be perceived with the five senses (Touch, hearing, sight, smell, and taste)

Ex: Pencil , food , dog

Question 5

Abstract Nouns

Answer 5

a noun that you can’t directly experience with any of your 5 senses
Ex: feelings, emotion, and ideas

Question 6

Pronoun

Answer 6

A word replaces a noun

Question 7

Antecedent

Answer 7

The word that the pronoun replaces or represents

Question 8

Personal Pronouns

Answer 8

Refers to people or things
Ex: I, me, him, it, she, they, them, and he

Question 9

Possessive Pronouns

Answer 9

Shows ownership
Ex: mine, his, her, and ours

Question 10

Demonstrative Pronoun

Answer 10

identifies someone or something
(this, that, these, those)

Question 11

Verb

Answer 11

expresses action or state of being

Question 12

Action Verbs

Answer 12

express an action (very common)
ex: Drove or Wrote

Question 13

Linking Verbs

Answer 13

express a state of being & link the subject to a description
ex: Mrs.Spencer _is__ tired

Question 14

Verb Phrase

Answer 14

The verb contains more than 1 word
ex: will go
has seen
went to

Question 15

Adjective
(Which one, what kind, or how many?)

Answer 15

modifies or describes a noun or pronoun

Question 16

Can Articles be considered adjectives (a, an, the)

Answer 16

Yes they can. They are known as limiting adjectives

Question 17

Find the adjective in the sentence:
I am listening to classical music

Answer 17

Classical describes what kind of music the person is listening to

Question 18

Can nouns be used as adjectives?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Adverb

Answer 19

describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 20

What do Adverbs answer?

Answer 20

When, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree?

Question 21

Preposition
ex: by the tree, with our friends, about the book, until tomorrow

Answer 21

is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.

Question 22

Conjunction

Answer 22

A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses

Question 23

Subordinating Conjunction
ex: After, Although, while , when, until, unless, because, since

Answer 23

Is a single word or group of words that links a dependent clause to an independent clause

Question 24

Coordinating Conjunctions
ex: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Answer 24

joins phrases, clauses, group of words, that share equal importance and grammatical rank.

Question 25

Conjunctive Adverb
ex: However, therefore, as a result, for example

Answer 25

Connect and show the relationship between clauses

Question 26

Interjection
ex: Oh! Wow! Oops! Hey!

Answer 26

A word used to express emotion. It is not a complete sentence by itself but can be used within a sentence.