Parts Of Speech

Question 1

Nouns

Answer 1

person place or thing

Eg. Sally, Australia, table, happy

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

Describes a noun or pronoun. An adjective tells what kind, how many, or which one.
Eg. Happy, brave (what kind)
more, two (how many)
this, that (which one)

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

Can tell what action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express a state of being.
Eg. Run, jump (action)
am, are (state of being)

Question 4

Pronoun

Answer 4

Is used in place of a noun in a sentence. A pronoun may take the place of the name of a person, place or thing
Eg. I, she, we, he

Question 5

Article

Answer 5

The words a, an, and the belong to a special group of adjective called articles. An article can be used before a noun in a sentence.
Eg. A dog, a rabbit (a)
An apple, an ant (an)
The boy, the bird (the)

Question 6

Adverb

Answer 6

Describes a verb, adjective or another adverb. An adverb tells how, when, where or to what degree.
Eg. Quickly (how)
Today (when)
Outside (where)
Barely (to what degree)

Question 7

Preposition

Answer 7

Combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence.
Eg. From, to, until, over

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

Joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence

Eg. And, but, or, because

Question 9

Interjection

Answer 9

Expresses strong feeling or emotion. An interjection can be a single word or a phrase.
Eg. Help!, Ouch!, Look out!, Oh dear !

Question 10

Abstract noun

Answer 10

A noun that can not be seen or touched. It describes an idea, quality, or state
E.g. Happiness, determination, beauty

Question 11

Collective noun

Answer 11

A count noun that indicates a group of individuals.

Eg. Family, crew, pod, swarm

Question 12

Proper noun

Answer 12

A proper noun is a noun used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with an initial capital letter.
Eg. Josie, Australia, Google, Haileybury

Question 13

Common noun

Answer 13

A general person place or thing

Eg. Girl, state, park

Question 14

Singular noun

Answer 14

Names one person, place, thing or idea

Eg. Sally, day, child

Question 15

Plural noun

Answer 15

A word that indicates there is more than one person, place or thing.
Eg. Boats, houses, cats, rivers

Question 16

Concrete noun

Answer 16

Can be seen, felt, heard, smelled, tasted

Eg. Cat, Tom, salt

Question 17

Superlative adjective

Answer 17

A superlative adjective compares three or more nouns. This takes the comparison of nouns to the highest degree.
Eg. Reddest, smartest, most, tallest

Question 18

Comparative adjective

Answer 18

A comparative adjective is used when comparing two nouns. One noun will be better, bigger, or will have more of something than the other.
Eg. Redder, smarter, more, taller

Question 19

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 19

A conjunction that introduces a subordinating clause.

Eg. Although because

Question 20

Coordinating conjunction

Answer 20

A conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank.
Eg. And, but, or

Question 21

Correlating

Answer 21

Correlative conjunctions are pairs such as neither . . . nor, not . . . only, and but . . . also. These conjunctions connect two balanced clauses, phrases, or words.