Parts of Speech Flashcards
Revise the definitions of parts of speech and practise identifying parts of speech
What is a noun?
A name or label for a thing (e.g. ‘cat’)
What is a verb?
A word that expresses action - a ‘doing’ word (e.g. running)
What is an adjective?
A word that adds information to a noun (e.g. a GREEN cat)
What is an adverb?
A word that adds information to a verb (e.g. I ran FAST)
What is an auxiliary verb?
A verb that ‘helps’ a main verb by showing tense (the time the main verb took place) (e.g. I WILL go)
What is an article?
A special type of adjective - the/a/an
What is a preposition?
A word that shows a position or a relationship (e.g. with, under, on, after)
What is an interjection?
A word that isn’t any other part of speech and is usually used in conversation to add emphasis (e.g. Oh! Aha! Hmmm…)
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins two sentences together (e.g. and, but, nor)
What is a concrete noun?
A thing that can be perceived by our five senses (touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing) or a scientific instrument (e.g. cat, gravity)
What is an abstract noun?
A thing that cannot be perceived through our five senses (touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing) or a scientific instrument (e.g. love, happiness)
What is a common noun?
A specific type of concrete noun. It is the general name for a thing (e.g. a book, a dog, a school, a teacher)
What is a proper noun?
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)
What part of speech is: RAT?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: BY?
Preposition
What part of speech is: JOGGING?
Verb
What part of speech is: i HAD gone?
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: an ANGRY cat?
Adjective
What part of speech is: i ran FAST?
Adverb
What part of speech is: IN?
Preposition
What part of speech is: BECAUSE?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: AHA?
Interjection
What part of speech is: UMM?
Interjection
What part of speech is: OH?
Interjection
What part of speech is: WOW!
Interjection
What part of speech is: SWAM?
Verb
What part of speech is: JUMP?
Verb
What part of speech is: i AM?
Verb
What part of speech is: HAVE?
Verb
What part of speech is: HAD?
Verb
What part of speech is: SLEEP?
Verb
What part of speech is: STUDY?
Verb
What part of speech is: WILL?
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: MIGHT?
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: DO?
Verb
What part of speech is: GO?
Verb
What part of speech is: WANDER?
Verb
What part of speech is: MURDER?
Verb or Noun (like a ‘murder of crows’)
What part of speech is: DREAM?
Verb or Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: HAVE gone?
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: DID go?
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: WILL be
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: MIGHT see
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: COULD help?
Auxiliary Verb
What part of speech is: a SMALL boy?
Adjective
What part of speech is: TEN bottles?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a PORTUGESE sailor?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a TAME animal?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a LONG sleep?
Adjective
What part of speech is: TWO dogs?
Adjective
What part of speech is: THIS bed?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a HARD-WORKING student?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a GOOD book?
Adjective
What part of speech is: wandering SLOWLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: he slept SOUNDLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: QUICKLY jogging?
Adverb
What part of speech is: he hoped VAINLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: she dreamed VIVIDLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: cried LOUDLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: He was NICE?
Adjective
What part of speech is: He was being NICE?
Adverb
What part of speech is: FOR?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: AND?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: NOR?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: BUT?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: OR?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: SO?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: BECAUSE?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: THEREFORE?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: ALTHOUGH?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: OVER?
Preposition
What part of speech is: THROUGH?
Preposition
What part of speech is: UNDER?
Preposition
What part of speech is: WITH?
Preposition
What part of speech is: OF?
Preposition
What part of speech is: AT?
Preposition
What part of speech is:UNTIL?
Preposition
What part of speech is: INTO?
Preposition
What part of speech is: UPON?
Preposition
What part of speech is: BETWEEN?
Preposition
What part of speech is: WITHIN?
Preposition
What part of speech is: THE?
Definite Article
What part of speech is: A?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: AN?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: LOVE?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: FREEDOM?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: HAPPINESS?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: LONELINESS?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: HOPE?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: FEAR?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: FASHION?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: IMAGINATION?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: MAGIC?
Abstract Noun
What part of speech is: DOG?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: VEGETABLE?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: BOOK?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: LAWN?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: ANIMAL?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: CAMERA?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: PEN?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: INK?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: PAGE?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: AIR NEW ZEALAND?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: JACINDA ARDERN?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: THE UNITED NATIONS?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: LONDON?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: JAPAN?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: JK ROWLING?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: SKY TELEVISION?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: THE ALL BLACKS?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: STEVEN?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE WINTER SOLDIER?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: TELEVISION?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: CLASSROOM?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: STOOL?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: MUSHROOM?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: CHAIR?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: TABLE?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: GUN?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: WHITEBOARD?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: DICTIONARY?
Common Noun
What part of speech is: THE THRONE OF ENGLAND?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: THE SUPREME COURT?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: KYLIE JENNER?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: INSTAGRAM?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: JUPITER?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: XBOX?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: HELIUM?
Proper Noun
What part of speech is: a SECRET plan?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a STABLE table?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a CLOSE family member?
Adjective
What part of speech is: TWENTY students?
Adjective
What part of speech is: MANY cats?
Adjective
What part of speech is: an OLDER man?
Adjective
What part of speech is: the BEST dog?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a BETTER choice?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a STUDIOUS professor?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a HELPLESS puppy?
Adjective
What part of speech is: a WHITE flower?
Adjective
What part of speech is: the STRONGEST man?
Adjective
What part of speech is: running SLOWLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: sleep SOUNDLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: go FAST?
Adverb
What part of speech is: applied himself ENERGETICALLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: lay about LAZILY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: unite EAGERLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: argue AGGRESSIVELY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: think FURIOUSLY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: write PASSIONATELY?
Adverb
What part of speech is: THE dog?
Definite Article
What part of speech is: THE teacher?
Definite Article
What part of speech is: THE book?
Definite Article
What part of speech is: A cat?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: A skull?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: AN argument?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: AN aardvark?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: AN awesome event?
Indefinite Article
What part of speech is: THE ice cream?
Definite Article
What part of speech is: THE ocean?
Definite Article
What part of speech is: BECAUSE?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: WHILE?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: THEREFORE?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: AS?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: BUT?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: OR?
Conjunction
What part of speech is: BENEATH?
Preposition
What part of speech is: IN?
Preposition
What part of speech is: OVER?
Preposition
What part of speech is: WITHIN?
Preposition
What part of speech is: INSIDE?
Preposition
What part of speech is: BESIDE?
Preposition
What part of speech is: OUTSIDE?
Preposition
