Parts Of Speech Flashcards
Noun
definition; a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
examples; finesse, education, school, New York, teacher
helpful reminder; The ____
Pronoun
definition; a word used in a place of a noun
examples; I, her, him, it, that, these, she, he
Adjective
definition; a word that describes a noun or gives information about a noun or a pronoun
examples; color, odious, incessant, joyful, loud
helpful reminder; The _____ truck
Verb
definition; a word that shows action or state of being
examples; talk, jump, scream, run, is, am, are
helpful reminder; verb change when in the present past of future tense
Adverb
definition; a verb that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb and tells where when how to extent
examples; slowly, carefully, incessantly
helpful reminder; often ends in “ly”
Preposition
definition; shows relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word
examples; to, over, under, at,between, in
helpful reminder; The squirrel ran _____
Conjunction
definition;word that connects word groups into groups and sentences
examples; for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Interjection
definition; word that expresses surprise or strong feelings or strong from the sentence
examples; Wow ! Hey!