Parts of Speech Prep

Question 1

define pronoun

Answer 1

a word used in the place of one of more nouns

Question 2

what is a demonstrative pronoun?

Answer 2

a pronoun that points to specific things
ex: THAT fox is red

Question 3

what is an interrogative pronoun

Answer 3

a pronoun that introduces a question
ex: WHO went to the store?

Question 4

what is a relative pronoun

Answer 4

a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
ex: the man WHO broke the window

Question 5

what is a relative clause

Answer 5

introduces information about the main clause
ex: my mother, WHO HAS BROWN HAIR, is standing there

Question 6

what is an indefinite pronoun

Answer 6

a pronoun that does not refer to any person, place, thing, or idea in particular
ex: ANYBODY can answer my question

Question 7

define conjunction

Answer 7

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

Question 8

what is a coordinating conjunction

Answer 8

a conjunction that is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences together
ex: she didn’t speak to anyone, AND nobody spoke to her

Question 9

what is a subordinating conjunction

Answer 9

a conjunction that is used to connect dependent and independent clauses
ex:
the stadium looks messy AFTER the match

Question 10

what are correlative conjunctions

Answer 10

conjunctions used to illustrate how two words or phrases within a sentence relate to each other. always come in pairs
ex:
i will eat EITHER peas OR carrots for dinner

Question 11

define preposition

Answer 11

a word that shows the relationship between the noun and a pronoun/noun and expresses relation to another word or element in the clause
ex:
she was sitting UNDER the tree

Question 12

what is a compound preposition

Answer 12

a preposition that consists of two or more words
ex:
gabby is NEXT TO the chair

Question 13

what is the difference between a preposition and an adverb

Answer 13

prepositions must have an object
ex:
he ran around the BUILDING
*building is the object, so “around” is a preposition
he ran around
*missing the object, so “around” is an adverb

Question 14

define noun

Answer 14

a person, place, thing, or idea
ex:
i went to the STORE

Question 15

what is a proper noun

Answer 15

a noun that describes a specific person, place, thing, or idea
*always capitalized
ex:
Phil, New York, Kleenex

Question 16

what is an abstract noun

Answer 16

a noun that you cannot sense with your five senses
ex:
courage, freedom, ego, knowledge

Question 17

what is a concrete noun

Answer 17

a noun that you can sense with your five senses
ex:
flag, boyfriend, George

Question 18

what is a common noun

Answer 18

a word that names general items rather than specific ones
ex:
tiger, person, building

Question 19

what is a compound noun

Answer 19

a noun that consists of two words
*can be nount+noun or adjective+noun
ex:
firefighter, greenhouse

Question 20

what is a collective noun

Answer 20

a noun referring to a collection of things taken as a whole
ex:
family, group, staff, crew

Question 21

define verb

Answer 21

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
ex:
she WALKED to the gas station

Question 22

what is a transitive verb

Answer 22

a verb that is directed towards something or someone, exerts its action on an object
ex:
the boss PAID his employee
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Question 23

what is an intransitive verb

Answer 23

a verb that doesn’t need an object
ex:
the choir kids SING sweetly

Question 24

what is a helping verb

Answer 24

a verb that is used with a main verb to help express the main verb’s tense, mood, or voice
*there are 23
ex:
i AM running to the store

Question 25

what is a linking verb

Answer 25

a verb that describes the subject by connecting it to a predicate adjective or predicate noun
ex:
the singer APPEARED in a grey suit

Question 26

define interjection

Answer 26

a word or phrase that is grammatically independent from the rest of the sentence; mainly expresses feeling
ex:
WOW! i love your hair

Question 27

what are the 6 types of interjections

Answer 27

interjection of joy
interjection of greeting
interjection of attention
interjection of approval
interjection of surprise
interjection of sorrow

Question 28

define adjective

Answer 28

a word that modifies a noun
ex:
she wore a RED hat

Question 29

what is a descriptive adjective

Answer 29

an adjective that describes it or expresses the noun’s quality
ex:
the SMALL, WHITE daisy blew in the wind.

Question 30

what is a demonstrative adjective

Answer 30

special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space
ex:
THIS apple is red

Question 31

what is a quantitative adjective

Answer 31

a word used to describe a noun or pronoun with quantity (ie; numbers)
ex:
the boy is SEVEN years old
she stood there for 25 minutes