Parts Of Speech Flashcards
Noun
Person, Place, Thing
Pronoun
Takes a place of a noun
Verb
A verb gives a sentence action
Adverb
Adverbs describes an adjective and a verb
Adjective
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun
Conjunction
A conjunction are words that connects words, phrases or clauses
Preposition
A preposition tells, time, place or position
Interjection
An interjection expresses strong emotion, It’s true
Common noun
Common nouns are never capitalized, they name something general, not specific
Proper nouns
always capitalized they name something specific
Abstract nouns
They are things that you cannot see, hear, taste, or touch
Concrete nouns
They can describe things that can be seen or touched
Action verb
Tell what the subject is doing
Linking verbs (to be )
Connect (or link) a subject to a noun or an adjective
Helping verbs
Help the main verb express tense and voice
Indefinite Pronoun
Pronouns that do not refer to any specific person, place or amount
Reflexive Pronoun
Pronouns that reflect on the original pronoun/subject in the sentence but then use a new term that ends in -self or -selves
