Parts of Speech Flashcards

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  • expresses either physical or mental activity
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  • action verbs
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  • expresses action or state of being
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  • verbs
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  • expresses an action directed toward a person, place, thing, or idea
  • answers what
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  • transitive verb
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  • expresses action that does not pass to a receiver
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  • intransitive verb
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  • links the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes it
  • most are forms of be
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  • linking verbs
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  • helps the main verb; can be used with both action and linking verbs
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  • helping verbs
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  • modify verbs, adjectives, other kinda of themself

- answers where, when, how, how often, how long, to what extent, how much

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  • adverb
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  • show relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word; must have an object
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  • preposition
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  • joins words or word groups
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  • conjunction
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  • expresses emotion
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  • interjection
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