Parts Of Speech Flashcards
Nouns
Noun - person, place, thing
Abstract noun - emotion, things that can’t be touched
For example: Sally, Australia, table, happy
Example: happiness, truth, lie, hopelessness
Adjective
Describes the noun, the person, place or thing
Example: smart, fast, awesome
That girl is fast and smart.
Fast and smart are used to describe the girl, the noun.
Adverb
Describes the verb, the doing verb
Example: slowly, quickly, excitedly
The persons in front of me walked slowly.
The verb walked was described as slowly, slow.
Conjunction
Joins together single words or clauses
Example: but, and, not, or
She looked up at the night sky. She gasped in surprise at its beauty.
She looked up at the night sky and gasped in surprise at its beauty.
The word and joined together the sentences: she looked up at the night sky, she gasped in surprise at its beauty.
Interjection
It expresses storing feeling or emotion.
Example: Ouch! Ah! Wow! Look out!
“Wow! This is amazing”, Sally gasped.
Wow expresses the emotion Sally felt at whatever she saw.
Pronoun
Nouns that are in first or second person
Example: I, your, my, me, our
I took the last chocolate.
My homework has been completed.
Preposition
Tells something about another word in the sentence
Example: over, to, until, after, in
The stars are visible IN the night sky.
The word in tells about the stars.
Verb
A doing word
Example: jump, exhale, relax, run
Don’t forget the relax before a test.
Article
An article is used before a noun in a sentence
Example: an, a, the
A dog, a table
An apple, an ant
The wolf, the girl
Proper noun
A proper noun is a noun that has a capital letter because it is a name, place or title
Example: Sally, Australia, Twilight, Harry Potter
Sally went to the cinemas to watch Wonder Woman.
Abstract noun
An abstract noun is a noun that can’t be touched or seen
Example: happiness, frustration, sadness, regret
She felt sadness when her cat died.
Collective noun
A collective noun is the noun used for a group of objects
Example: pack, school, flock
The pack of wolves ran quietly through the forest.
Common noun
A common noun is a thing
Example: table, chair, jar, lolly
Everyone sat down at the table.
Singular noun
A singular noun is a noun only directed to one thing
Example: chair, lolly,
Plural noun
A plural noun is directed to many things
If a noun ends in e just add s, if it ends in y, just add ies thigh there are exceptions, if it ends in o add s but there are exceptions
Example: lollies, tables, potatoes
