parts of speech exam review Flashcards
parts of speech
a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its synthetic functions
categories parts of speech
noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction,interjection, articles
Nouns can be
common or proper
concrete or abstract
possesive
singular, plural or collective
Gerund
Gerunds can be used in…
subject of a sentnece
object of a sentence
after prepositions
with fixed expressions
after another verb
with fixed expressions such as
cant stand, cant help, its no use, (to be) worth
types of pronouns
personal
indefinite
reflexive
interrogative
demonstrative
possessive
types of personal pronouns
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
indefinite pronoun
one, someone, anything, other, all, few, nobody
reflexive pronoun
myself, yourself, herself, themselves, ourselves
interrogative pronouns
who, whose, whom, what, which
demonstrative pronouns
this, these, that, those
possesive pronouns
my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, our, ours, their, theirs
antecedent
word that a pronoun stands for, clarifies its meanings
The pronoun may appear in..
the same sentence as the antecedent or in the following sentence
types of verbs
action verbs
linking verbs
helping verbs
adjectives may be
attributive adjectives (before a noun)
predicative adjective (after a noun)
types of adjectives
comparative adjectives
superlative adjectives
absolute adjectives
coordinate adjectives
compound adjectives
participial adjectives
proper adjectives
comparative adjectives
(-er, -r, -ier or preceded by the words more or less)
superlative adjectives
-est, -st, -iest or preceded by most or least
absolute adjectives
describe an absolute state (cannot be compared)
ex: dead
coordinate adjectives
two or more adjectives that modify the same noun
origins are
adjectives (puertorrican, american)
compound adjectives
adjective formed using two or more words to express a single idea (ex: in-depht)
participial adjectives
formed by the participle form of the verb (-ing, -ed, -en)
proper adjectives
used to indicate origin, always capitalized
adverbs
tells you where, when, how, in what manner or to what extent an action is performed
many end in -ly, but some do not
adverbs of place
(typically after the main verb)
downstairs, everywhere, here, now, etc.
adverbs of time
(typically found at the end of the sentence)
tomorrow, today, yesterday
adverbs of duration
temporarily, forever, shortly
adverbs of frequency
weekly, always, sometimes, never, hourly, daily
adverbs of purpose aka…
adverbs of reason
adverbs of purpose
therefore, since
focusing adverbs
only, just, especially, even, either, neither
interrogative verbs
when, where, why, how
relative verbs
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.
prepositions
to, at, with, against, for, across, by, in, from, behind
conjuctions
and, or, but, because
articles
a, an, the
