Parts of Speech

Question 1

a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

Answer 1

noun

Question 2

a noun made up of two or more words

Answer 2

compound noun

Question 3

a noun that names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch)

Answer 3

concrete noun

Question 4

a noun that names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic

Answer 4

abstract noun

Question 5

the general, non-specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea

Answer 5

common noun

Question 6

the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea

Answer 6

proper noun

Question 7

a noun that is singular in form but names a group

Answer 7

collective noun

Question 8

a word that takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another __________

Answer 8

pronoun

Question 9

the word or group of words to which a pronoun refers

Answer 9

antecedent

Question 10

refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea by indicating the person speaking (first person), the person or people being spoken to (second person), or any other person, place, thing, or idea being discussed (third person)

Answer 10

personal pronoun

Question 11

takes the place of the possessive form of a noun

Answer 11

possessive pronoun

Question 12

refers, or reflects back, to the subject of the sentence, indicating that the same person or thing is involves

Answer 12

reflexive pronoun

Question 13

adds emphasis to another noun or pronoun in the same sentence

Answer 13

intensive pronoun

Question 14

points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas

Answer 14

demonstrative pronoun

Question 15

used to form questions

Answer 15

interrogative pronoun

Question 16

used to begin a special subject-verb word group called a subordinate clause

Answer 16

relative pronoun

Question 17

refers to persons, places, things, or ideas in a more general way than a noun does

Answer 17

indefinite pronoun

Question 18

a word that expresses action or a state of being

Answer 18

verb

Question 19

tells what someone or something does

Answer 19

action verb

Question 20

followed by a direct object

Answer 20

transitive verb

Question 21

a word or words that answers the question what? or whom?

Answer 21

direct object

Question 22

not followed by a direct object

Answer 22

intransitive verb

Question 23

links, or joins, the subject of a sentence (often a noun or a pronoun) with a noun, pronoun, or adjective that identifies or describes the subject, and does not show action

Answer 23

linking verb

Question 24

a verb that helps the main verb express time by forming various tenses, or by emphasizing meaning

Answer 24

auxiliary verb

Question 25

a phrase consisting of a main verb and all its auxiliary verbs

Answer 25

verb phrase

Question 26

a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. Tells what kind, which one, how many, or how much. Types of _________: possessive, demonstrative, articles, and proper

Answer 26

adjective

Question 27

the adjectives a, an, and the

Answer 27

articles

Question 28

a and an that refer to any one of a kind of person, place, thing, or idea

Answer 28

indefinite articles

Question 29

the, which refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea

Answer 29

definite article

Question 30

an adjective formed from a proper noun. Begins with a capital letter

Answer 30

proper adjective

Question 31

a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another ________ by making its meaning more specific. _________ answer the questions When? Where? How? To what degree?

Answer 31

Adverb

Question 32

the form that does not indicate comparison. (applies to both adjectives and adverbs)

Answer 32

positive form

Question 33

the form that compares two or more words or things (applies to both adjectives and adverbs)

Answer 33

comparative form

Question 34

the form that compares more than two (applies to both adjectives and adverbs)

Answer 34

superlative form

Question 35

a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence

Answer 35

preposition

Question 36

a preposition that is made up of more than one word

Answer 36

compound preposition

Question 37

a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun object of the preposition -the noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional phrase

Answer 37

prepositional phrase

Question 38

a word that joins single words or groups of words

Answer 38

conjunction (Types of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, subordinating)

Question 39

joins words or groups of words that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence: and, or, nor, for, yet, so, but

Answer 39

coordinating conjunctions

Question 40

work in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal grammatical weight in a sentence: ex/ both…and, either…or, not only…but (also)

Answer 40

correlative conjunctions

Question 41

joins two clauses, or thoughts, in such a way as to make one grammatically dependent on the other

Answer 41

subordinating conjunctions

Question 42

clarifies the relationship between clauses of equal weight in a sentence. ex/ however, also, besides, still, accordingly, likewise, moreover, etc.

Answer 42

conjunctive adverb

Question 43

a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation and has no grammatical connection to other words

Answer 43

interjection