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Parts of speech Flashcards

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What is the verb phrase in the sentence; The team has practiced hard everyday.

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Has practiced

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What two verbs go together to express action or being

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Main verb and helping verb

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What 3 questions do adverbs answer?

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How? When? Where?

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What is verb?

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A word the describes action or being

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What kind of verbs are there?

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Linking, helping, main, and action

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What does a action verb do?

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Expresses action

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What does a linking verb do?

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Links the subject to a noun or adjective in the predicate

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What does a helping verb do?

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Helps the main verb express action

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What two verbs express action?

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Action and Main

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Is, seems, and looks are all what kind of verb?

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Linking

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Have, am, and may are all what kind of verbs?

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Helping

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Swim, think, and jump are all what kind of verbs?

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Action and Main

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What is the linking verb in the sentence; At first, she appeared shy and nervous.

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Appeared

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What are the parts of speech?

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Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunctions, and interjection

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What is a noun?

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The name of a person, place, thing, or idea

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What is a pronoun?

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A word that that’s the place of one or more nouns

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What is a adverb?

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A word used to describe a verb, adjective, or another word in the sentence

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What is an adjective?

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A word used to describe a noun or pronoun

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What is preposition?

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

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What is a conjunction?

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A word that join words or groups of words

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What is a interjection?

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An exclamatory word that expresses emotion it stands alone away from the rest of the sentence

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Wow! Is what part of speech?

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Interjection

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