Parts of speech Flashcards
verbs
Verbs are words that express actions, states of being, or occurrences, forming the core of a sentence by indicating what the subject is doing.
adverbs
An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, another adverb, or even a whole sentence, providing context about how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.
adjectives - descriptive and proper
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, providing details about qualities, characteristics, or attributes
common nouns
A common noun refers to a general, non-specific person, place, thing, or idea.
proper nouns
A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea, always capitalized in English.
abstracts nouns
abstract nouns are words representing intangible concepts, ideas, or emotions.
prepositions
A preposition is a word that shows “in, on, above ,etc.
pronouns
Pronouns are words that replace nouns, like “he,” “she,” “it,” “they,” and “you.
definite articles
a definite article, like “the,” is used to specify a particular noun or group of nouns.
indefinite articles
a determiner ( a and an in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is non-specific.