Parts of Speech Flashcards
What are the parts of speech in the English language?
Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Pronoun, Determiner, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.
What is a noun? What are the types of nouns?
A noun is a word that used to describe a person, place, or thing. There are 8 types of nouns: common noun, proper noun, collective noun, compound noun, count noun, mass noun, concrete noun, & abstract noun.
What is a verb? What are the types of verbs?
A verb is a word to express an action or state of being. There are 3 types of verbs, among others are action verbs, modal verbs, & auxiliary verbs. An action verb can be distinguished into a transitive verb and an intransitive verb.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word to give more information to a noun or pronoun.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns refer to either a noun that has been mentioned or not.
What is a determiner?
A determiner is a word placed in front of a noun to specify a quantity of a noun or to clarify what the noun refers to.
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence, usually placed before nouns, or pronouns. They act to connect the people, objects, time, and locations of a sentence.
What is a conjunction?
A conjunction is a word that connects or links phrases, sentences, clauses, or words together.
What is an interjection?
An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey an emotion or a sentiment such as surprise, disgust, joy, excitement, or enthusiasm.
What are some examples of determiners?
This, That, These, Those, My, Your, Their, Our, His, Her, Its, Some, Any, Every, Many, Much, Few, Little, A, An, The, First, Second, Last, Next, One, Two, Three.
What are some examples of prepositions?
In, On, To, Into, Onto, Over, Under, Above, Across, Along, Around, Toward, Through, Up, Down, Beneath, Underneath.
What are some examples of conjunctions?
Because, Although, Whereas, And, Besides, Unlike, Therefore, Furthermore, Unless, Since, Yet, If, After, Meanwhile, But.
What are some examples of interjections?
Ahh, Whoa, Wow, Damn, Shit, Fuck, Yikes, Bruh, Yay, Whew, Phew
Please list 15 examples of compound nouns & collective nouns!
Compound Nouns: Airline, Airport, Aircraft, Airway, Homework, Friendship, Relationship, Comeback, Dishwasher, Everybody, Everything, Sunrise, Sunset, Briefcase, Countdown.
Collective Nouns: Army, Audience, Gang, Staff, Tribe, Pack, Herd, Flock, Litter, Hive, Album, Basket, Bundle, Bowl, Stack.
What is a passive voice and active voice in the English Language?
Active voice is the subject the doing the verb, Passive verb is that a subject is a recipient of the verb’s action.
