Parts of Speech Flashcards
What is a verb?
A word that shows action, links, helps, or shows existence.
What is a verb phrase?
A main verb plus one or more helping verbs.
What can verbs be called?
Transitive, intransitive, linking, or helping.
What does transitive mean?
Transitive is applied to a verb that requires a receiver to express a complete thought. (passing over)
What does intransitive mean?
Intransitive is a applied to a verb that does not require a receiving to express a complete thought.
What does linking mean?
Linking is the term applied to a verb that links a word in the predicate to the subject
Commonly used linking verbs:
Am, is, are, was, were, being, been, been, taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, become, seen, grow, remain, stay.
What does helping mean?
Helping is a term applied to a verb that helps the main verb make a statement.
What is a noun?
person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a common noun?
Names a person, place, thing, or idea but does not say which particular one.
What is a proper noun?
Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a concrete noun?
A noun that exist as a physical or material substance.
What is an abstract noun?
A noun that names a quality, state, activity, or general idea.
What is a collective noun?
A singular noun that talks about multiple items
What is a substantive?
Another term that may be used to refer ti any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun or as a noun equivalent.
What is an appositive?
An appositive is a substantive that follows another substantive to explain or identify it.
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is an antecedent?
A word for which the pronoun stands.
What are the types of pronouns?
Personal, reflexive, intensive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite and relative.
What two uses do compound personal pronouns have?
Reflexive and intensive.
what does reflexive mean?
The term applied to a compound personal pronoun that “reflects” the action of the verb back to the subject.
What does intensive mean?
The term applied to a compound personal pronoun that is used for emphasis.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
A pronoun that does not definitely point out persons or things and do not usually have an antecedent.
What are relative clauses used for?
To introduce dependant clauses.
