Parts of speech Flashcards

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1
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What is a noun

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Person, place, thing

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2
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What is a verb

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A word that gives a sentence action

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3
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Whit is a pronoun

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Takes the place of a noun

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What is and Adverb

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An adverb describes and adjetive, and a verb.

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5
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What is an adjective

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An Adjecetive describes a noun or a pronoun.

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6
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Conjution

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Is a word or words connect word phases or clauses

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preposition

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A preposition tells time , place, or position

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8
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Interjetion

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It exprses emotion

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9
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common noun

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They are never capialized, They name something genral not speisfic

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proper noun

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They are something specific like the name of a place brand or person

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11
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Abstract noun

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A noun that you can not see, taste, or touch

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concrete noun

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They describe things that can be seen or touched

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13
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Action verb

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Tells what a subject is doing

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Linking Verb (to be)

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Connects a subject to a noun or an adjective

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15
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Helping Verbs

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Helps the main verb express tense and voice

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Indefinite pronoun

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A pronoun that do not refer to any specific person place or time

17
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Reflexive Pronoun

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Pronouns that reflect on the original pronoun/ subject in the sentence, but the use a new term that ends in “-Self” or”-Selves.”