Parts Of Speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Noun - A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.

Example - Girl, School, Jacket

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

Adjective - An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. An adjective tells what kind, how many, or which one.

Example - Kind, Two, This

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

Verb - A verb can tell what action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express a state of being.

Example - Run, Jump, Was, Were

Question 4

Pronoun

Answer 4

Pronoun - A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. A pronoun may take the place of a name of a person, place, or thing.

Example - Our, She, You

Question 5

Article

Answer 5

Article - The words a, an, and the, belong to a special group of adjectives called articles. An article can be used before a noun in a sentence.

Example - A, An, The

Question 6

Adverb

Answer 6

Adverb - An adverb describes a verb, adjective , or another adverb. An adverb tells how, when, where, or to what degree.

Example - Quickly, Today, Outside, Barely

Question 7

Preposition

Answer 7

Preposition - A preposition combined with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence.

Example - From, To, After

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

Conjunction - A conjunction joins together single words or groups of words in to a sentence.

Example - And, But, Or

Question 9

Interjection

Answer 9

Interjection - An interjection expresses strong feeling or emotion. An interjection can be a single word or a phrase.

Examples - Help!, Ouch!, Oh Dear!

Question 10

Common Noun

Answer 10

Common Noun - A common noun is used to name a person, animal, place, thing.

Examples - Cat, Table, Pencil

Question 11

Proper Noun

Answer 11

Proper Noun - Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things. They have a capital letter.

Example - Jane, Russia, Haileybury

Question 12

Abstract Noun

Answer 12

Abstract Noun - Abstract nouns name feelings/emotions or ideas.

Example - Happiness, Excitement, Sadness

Question 13

Collective Noun

Answer 13

Collective Noun - Collective Nouns are names of a group or ‘collections’ of things.

Example - Murder of Crows, Flock of Sheep

Question 14

Past Tense

Answer 14

Past Tense - Past tense is an action that has occurred in the past.

Examples - Tends to be ‘ed’, Crawled, Ran, Danced

Question 15

Present Tense

Answer 15

Present Tense - Present tense is an action that is currently occurring in the present.

Example - Tends to use the suffix ‘ing’, Crawling, Running

Question 16

Future Tense

Answer 16

Future Tense - Future Tense is an action that is yet to occur. It will happen in the future.

Example - Will Crawl, Will Dance

Question 17

Superlative Adjectives

Answer 17

Superlative Adjectives - Superlative adjectives compare 2 or more things.

Example - Generally uses the suffix ‘est’, Fastest, Slowest, Coolest

Question 18

Comparative Adjectives

Answer 18

Comparative Adjectives - Comparative adjectives compare two things.

Example - Generally uses the suffix ‘er’, Faster, Better, Slower