Parts of Speech Flashcards
What is a noun?
A word or set of words that represents a person, place, thing or idea
What is a verb?
A word or set of words that expresses an action, feeling, or state of being
What is a pronoun?
A word that substitutes for a noun or noun-phrase, often representing a person or thing previously mentioned
What is an adjective?
A word that describes or modifies a noun
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, typically indicating manner, time, place, degree, or frequency
What is a conjunction?
A word that connects words, phrases or clauses within a sentence
What is a preposition?
List three examples.
A preposition is a word that expresses relationships between nouns or pronouns and other words, often indicating time, place or direction.
Examples: in, on, at
What is an interjection?
A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or sudden utterance, often used independently or as part of a sentence
What is a determiner?
A determiner is a word that introduces or specifies nouns, such as articles, demonstratives, possessives, and quantifiers.
Examples
Articles: a, an
Demonstratives: this, that
Possessives: my, your
Quantifiers: some, many
What are three examples of manner adverbs?
Three examples of manner adverbs are “slowly,” “quickly,” and “happily.”
Give examples of adverbs indicating time.
Now, later, yesterday.
Give examples of adverbs indicating place.
Here, there, nearby.
Give examples of adverbs indicating degree.
Very, extremely, quite.
What are articles?
The, a/an.
What are demonstrative adjectives?
Pointing out something or someone referred to in order to distinguish it from others of the same class.
Examples: this, that, these, those.
