Parts of Speech (ppt and book)

Question 1

what are the eight parts of speech?

Answer 1

1. verbs
2. nouns
3. adj
4. adverbs
5. prepositions
6. pronouns
7. conjunctions
8. interjections

Question 2

verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs are _______ words

Answer 2

content

Question 3

prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, and interjections are _______ words

Answer 3

function

Question 4

what is the morphological test for nouns?

Answer 4

see if the word can be made plural by changing its form with the morpheme (s)

Question 5

what is the syntactical test for nouns?

Answer 5

you see if the word comfortably fits in the position after words that your book calls noun markers; like the, a, many, that, and these (HE WILL ALWAYS JUST USE THE)

Question 6

words that answer questions “how many?” “which one(s)?” and “what kind?”

Answer 6

adj

Question 7

what is the morphological test for adj?

Answer 7

see if you can add “-er” and “-est” to the word

Question 8

what is the morphological test for longer adjs?

Answer 8

see if they go well w/ “more” and “most”

Question 9

what is the first syntactical test for adjs?

Answer 9

do they go well b/w a noun marker and its noun? (the GOOD horse)

Question 10

what is the second syntactical test for adjs?

Answer 10

do they go well after the word SEEM? (the horse seems G O O D)

Question 11

nouns that come before other nouns and modify a head noun like adjs do

Answer 11

noun modifiers

Question 12

what is the morphological test for verbs?

Answer 12

verbs change tense

Question 13

what is the syntactic test for verbs?

Answer 13

SVO/SV

Question 14

the actions goes from the subject across the verb to another object

Answer 14

transitive verbs

Question 15

trans = 1. \_\_\_\_\_
it = 2. \_\_\_
ive = 3. . . . .

Answer 15

1. across
2. go
3. forms adjs (and nouns based on adjs)

Question 16

in = ____

Answer 16

not

Question 17

the action does not go across the verb to an object

Answer 17

intransitive verbs

Question 18

the dog chases the rabbit

Answer 18

transitive verbs

Question 19

the dog waits patiently

Answer 19

intransitive verbs

Question 20

many verbs in eng can be 1. ________ OR 2. _________

Answer 20

1. transitive

2. intransitive

Question 21

there is no morphological or syntactical test for _____

Answer 21

adverbs

Question 22

what’s one way to spot adverbs?

Answer 22

they modify verbs, adjs, and other adverbs

Question 23

what’s another way to spot adverbs?

Answer 23

they answer the questions how, when, and where