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