parts of speech exam review

Question 1

parts of speech

Answer 1

a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its synthetic functions

Question 2

categories parts of speech

Answer 2

noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction,interjection, articles

Question 3

Nouns can be

Answer 3

common or proper
concrete or abstract
possesive
singular, plural or collective
Gerund

Question 4

Gerunds can be used in…

Answer 4

subject of a sentnece
object of a sentence
after prepositions
with fixed expressions
after another verb

Question 5

with fixed expressions such as

Answer 5

cant stand, cant help, its no use, (to be) worth

Question 6

types of pronouns

Answer 6

personal
indefinite
reflexive
interrogative
demonstrative
possessive

Question 7

types of personal pronouns

Answer 7

singular subject pronoun- i, you, she, he, it
plural subject pronoun- we, you, they
singular object pronoun- me, her, him, it
plural object pronoun- us, you, them

Question 8

indefinite pronoun

Answer 8

one, someone, anything, other, all, few, nobody

Question 9

reflexive pronoun

Answer 9

myself, yourself, herself, themselves, ourselves

Question 10

interrogative pronouns

Answer 10

who, whose, whom, what, which

Question 11

demonstrative pronouns

Answer 11

this, these, that, those

Question 12

possesive pronouns

Answer 12

my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, our, ours, their, theirs

Question 13

antecedent

Answer 13

word that a pronoun stands for, clarifies its meanings

Question 14

The pronoun may appear in..

Answer 14

the same sentence as the antecedent or in the following sentence

Question 15

types of verbs

Answer 15

action verbs
linking verbs
helping verbs

Question 16

adjectives may be

Answer 16

attributive adjectives (before a noun)
predicative adjective (after a noun)

Question 17

types of adjectives

Answer 17

comparative adjectives
superlative adjectives
absolute adjectives
coordinate adjectives
compound adjectives
participial adjectives
proper adjectives

Question 18

comparative adjectives

Answer 18

(-er, -r, -ier or preceded by the words more or less)

Question 19

superlative adjectives

Answer 19

-est, -st, -iest or preceded by most or least

Question 20

absolute adjectives

Answer 20

describe an absolute state (cannot be compared)
ex: dead

Question 21

coordinate adjectives

Answer 21

two or more adjectives that modify the same noun

Question 22

origins are

Answer 22

adjectives (puertorrican, american)

Question 23

compound adjectives

Answer 23

adjective formed using two or more words to express a single idea (ex: in-depht)

Question 24

participial adjectives

Answer 24

formed by the participle form of the verb (-ing, -ed, -en)

Question 25

proper adjectives

Answer 25

used to indicate origin, always capitalized

Question 26

adverbs

Answer 26

tells you where, when, how, in what manner or to what extent an action is performed many end in -ly, but some do not

Question 27

adverbs of place

Answer 27

(typically after the main verb) downstairs, everywhere, here, now, etc.

Question 28

adverbs of time

Answer 28

(typically found at the end of the sentence) tomorrow, today, yesterday

Question 29

adverbs of duration

Answer 29

temporarily, forever, shortly

Question 30

adverbs of frequency

Answer 30

weekly, always, sometimes, never, hourly, daily

Question 31

adverbs of purpose aka...

Answer 31

adverbs of reason

Question 32

adverbs of purpose

Answer 32

therefore, since

Question 33

focusing adverbs

Answer 33

only, just, especially, even, either, neither

Question 34

interrogative verbs

Answer 34

when, where, why, how

Question 35

relative verbs

Answer 35

used to introduce a dependent clause (clauses that contain a subject and a verb, but do not express a complete thought) ex: this is the moment "when" I noticed his real intentions.

Question 36

prepositions

Answer 36

to, at, with, against, for, across, by, in, from, behind

Question 37

conjuctions

Answer 37

and, or, but, because

Question 38

articles

Answer 38

a, an, the