parts of speech

Question 1

preposition

Answer 1

a word that connects a noun to other words and shows the relationship between them (examples are “in” and “around”

Question 2

adjective

Answer 2

a word that describes or modifies another person or thing in the sentence.

Question 3

pronoun

Answer 3

a word that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context

Question 4

adverb

Answer 4

word or phrase that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

Question 5

interjection

Answer 5

a word or phrase used to exclaim or protest or command. They sometimes stand by themselves, but not always.

Question 6

noun

Answer 6

a person, place, thing, or idea.

Question 7

verb

Answer 7

a word that conveys action, occurrence or existence

Question 8

conjunction

Answer 8

word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

Question 9

abstract noun

Answer 9

noun that cannot be detected by any of the senses

Question 10

proper noun

Answer 10

names specific people, places, things

Question 11

common noun

Answer 11

name general people, places, things

Question 12

concrete noun

Answer 12

nouns that are detectable by one or more of the five senses

Question 13

fanboys

Answer 13

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so