Parts of Speech Flashcards
Revise the definitions of parts of speech and practise identifying parts of speech
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What is a noun?
A
A name or label for a thing (e.g. ‘cat’)
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What is a verb?
A
A word that expresses action - a ‘doing’ word (e.g. running)
3
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What is an adjective?
A
A word that adds information to a noun (e.g. a GREEN cat)
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What is an adverb?
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A word that adds information to a verb (e.g. I ran FAST)
5
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What is an auxiliary verb?
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A verb that ‘helps’ a main verb by showing tense (the time the main verb took place) (e.g. I WILL go)
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Q
What is an article?
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A special type of adjective - the/a/an
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Q
What is a preposition?
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A word that shows a position or a relationship (e.g. with, under, on, after)
8
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What is an interjection?
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A word that isn’t any other part of speech and is usually used in conversation to add emphasis (e.g. Oh! Aha! Hmmm…)
9
Q
What is a conjunction?
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A word that joins two sentences together (e.g. and, but, nor)
10
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What is a concrete noun?
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A thing that can be perceived by our five senses (touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing) or a scientific instrument (e.g. cat, gravity)
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What is an abstract noun?
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A thing that cannot be perceived through our five senses (touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing) or a scientific instrument (e.g. love, happiness)
12
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What is a common noun?
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A specific type of concrete noun. It is the general name for a thing (e.g. a book, a dog, a school, a teacher)
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What is a proper noun?
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A specific type of concrete noun. It is the specific name for a thing (e.g. Lord of the Rings, Auckland Grammar School, Miss Forster)
14
Q
What part of speech is: RAT?
A
Common Noun
15
Q
What part of speech is: BY?
A
Preposition
16
Q
What part of speech is: JOGGING?
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Verb
17
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What part of speech is: i HAD gone?
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Auxiliary Verb
18
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What part of speech is: an ANGRY cat?
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Adjective
19
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What part of speech is: i ran FAST?
A
Adverb
20
Q
What part of speech is: IN?
A
Preposition
21
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What part of speech is: BECAUSE?
A
Conjunction
22
Q
What part of speech is: AHA?
A
Interjection
23
Q
What part of speech is: UMM?
A
Interjection
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Q
What part of speech is: OH?
A
Interjection
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What part of speech is: WOW!
Interjection
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What part of speech is: SWAM?
Verb
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What part of speech is: JUMP?
Verb
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What part of speech is: i AM?
Verb
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What part of speech is: HAVE?
Verb
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What part of speech is: HAD?
Verb
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What part of speech is: SLEEP?
Verb
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What part of speech is: STUDY?
Verb
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What part of speech is: WILL?
Auxiliary Verb
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What part of speech is: MIGHT?
Auxiliary Verb
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What part of speech is: DO?
Verb
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What part of speech is: GO?
Verb
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What part of speech is: WANDER?
Verb
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What part of speech is: MURDER?
Verb or Noun (like a 'murder of crows')
39
What part of speech is: DREAM?
Verb or Abstract Noun
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What part of speech is: HAVE gone?
Auxiliary Verb
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What part of speech is: DID go?
Auxiliary Verb
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What part of speech is: WILL be
Auxiliary Verb
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What part of speech is: MIGHT see
Auxiliary Verb
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What part of speech is: COULD help?
Auxiliary Verb
45
What part of speech is: a SMALL boy?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: TEN bottles?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a PORTUGESE sailor?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a TAME animal?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a LONG sleep?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: TWO dogs?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: THIS bed?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a HARD-WORKING student?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a GOOD book?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: wandering SLOWLY?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: he slept SOUNDLY?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: QUICKLY jogging?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: he hoped VAINLY?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: she dreamed VIVIDLY?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: cried LOUDLY?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: He was NICE?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: He was being NICE?
Adverb
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What part of speech is: FOR?
Conjunction
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What part of speech is: AND?
Conjunction
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What part of speech is: NOR?
Conjunction
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What part of speech is: BUT?
Conjunction
66
What part of speech is: OR?
Conjunction
67
What part of speech is: SO?
Conjunction
68
What part of speech is: BECAUSE?
Conjunction
69
What part of speech is: THEREFORE?
Conjunction
70
What part of speech is: ALTHOUGH?
Conjunction
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What part of speech is: OVER?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: THROUGH?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: UNDER?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: WITH?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: OF?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: AT?
Preposition
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What part of speech is:UNTIL?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: INTO?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: UPON?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: BETWEEN?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: WITHIN?
Preposition
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What part of speech is: THE?
Definite Article
83
What part of speech is: A?
Indefinite Article
84
What part of speech is: AN?
Indefinite Article
85
What part of speech is: LOVE?
Abstract Noun
86
What part of speech is: FREEDOM?
Abstract Noun
87
What part of speech is: HAPPINESS?
Abstract Noun
88
What part of speech is: LONELINESS?
Abstract Noun
89
What part of speech is: HOPE?
Abstract Noun
90
What part of speech is: FEAR?
Abstract Noun
91
What part of speech is: FASHION?
Abstract Noun
92
What part of speech is: IMAGINATION?
Abstract Noun
93
What part of speech is: MAGIC?
Abstract Noun
94
What part of speech is: DOG?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: VEGETABLE?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: BOOK?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: LAWN?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: ANIMAL?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: CAMERA?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: PEN?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: INK?
Common Noun
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What part of speech is: PAGE?
Common Noun
103
What part of speech is: AIR NEW ZEALAND?
Proper Noun
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What part of speech is: JACINDA ARDERN?
Proper Noun
105
What part of speech is: THE UNITED NATIONS?
Proper Noun
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What part of speech is: LONDON?
Proper Noun
107
What part of speech is: JAPAN?
Proper Noun
108
What part of speech is: JK ROWLING?
Proper Noun
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What part of speech is: SKY TELEVISION?
Proper Noun
110
What part of speech is: THE ALL BLACKS?
Proper Noun
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What part of speech is: AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL?
Proper Noun
112
What part of speech is: STEVEN?
Proper Noun
113
What part of speech is: CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE WINTER SOLDIER?
Proper Noun
114
What part of speech is: TELEVISION?
Common Noun
115
What part of speech is: CLASSROOM?
Common Noun
116
What part of speech is: STOOL?
Common Noun
117
What part of speech is: MUSHROOM?
Common Noun
118
What part of speech is: CHAIR?
Common Noun
119
What part of speech is: TABLE?
Common Noun
120
What part of speech is: GUN?
Common Noun
121
What part of speech is: WHITEBOARD?
Common Noun
122
What part of speech is: DICTIONARY?
Common Noun
123
What part of speech is: THE THRONE OF ENGLAND?
Proper Noun
124
What part of speech is: THE SUPREME COURT?
Proper Noun
125
What part of speech is: KYLIE JENNER?
Proper Noun
126
What part of speech is: INSTAGRAM?
Proper Noun
127
What part of speech is: JUPITER?
Proper Noun
128
What part of speech is: XBOX?
Proper Noun
129
What part of speech is: HELIUM?
Proper Noun
130
What part of speech is: a SECRET plan?
Adjective
131
What part of speech is: a STABLE table?
Adjective
132
What part of speech is: a CLOSE family member?
Adjective
133
What part of speech is: TWENTY students?
Adjective
134
What part of speech is: MANY cats?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: an OLDER man?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: the BEST dog?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a BETTER choice?
Adjective
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What part of speech is: a STUDIOUS professor?
Adjective
139
What part of speech is: a HELPLESS puppy?
Adjective
140
What part of speech is: a WHITE flower?
Adjective
141
What part of speech is: the STRONGEST man?
Adjective
142
What part of speech is: running SLOWLY?
Adverb
143
What part of speech is: sleep SOUNDLY?
Adverb
144
What part of speech is: go FAST?
Adverb
145
What part of speech is: applied himself ENERGETICALLY?
Adverb
146
What part of speech is: lay about LAZILY?
Adverb
147
What part of speech is: unite EAGERLY?
Adverb
148
What part of speech is: argue AGGRESSIVELY?
Adverb
149
What part of speech is: think FURIOUSLY?
Adverb
150
What part of speech is: write PASSIONATELY?
Adverb
151
What part of speech is: THE dog?
Definite Article
152
What part of speech is: THE teacher?
Definite Article
153
What part of speech is: THE book?
Definite Article
154
What part of speech is: A cat?
Indefinite Article
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What part of speech is: A skull?
Indefinite Article
156
What part of speech is: AN argument?
Indefinite Article
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What part of speech is: AN aardvark?
Indefinite Article
158
What part of speech is: AN awesome event?
Indefinite Article
159
What part of speech is: THE ice cream?
Definite Article
160
What part of speech is: THE ocean?
Definite Article
161
What part of speech is: BECAUSE?
Conjunction
162
What part of speech is: WHILE?
Conjunction
163
What part of speech is: THEREFORE?
Conjunction
164
What part of speech is: AS?
Conjunction
165
What part of speech is: BUT?
Conjunction
166
What part of speech is: OR?
Conjunction
167
What part of speech is: BENEATH?
Preposition
168
What part of speech is: IN?
Preposition
169
What part of speech is: OVER?
Preposition
170
What part of speech is: WITHIN?
Preposition
171
What part of speech is: INSIDE?
Preposition
172
What part of speech is: BESIDE?
Preposition
173
What part of speech is: OUTSIDE?
Preposition
