Parts of Speech Prep Flashcards
define pronoun
a word used in the place of one of more nouns
what is a demonstrative pronoun?
a pronoun that points to specific things
ex: THAT fox is red
what is an interrogative pronoun
a pronoun that introduces a question
ex: WHO went to the store?
what is a relative pronoun
a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
ex: the man WHO broke the window
what is a relative clause
introduces information about the main clause
ex: my mother, WHO HAS BROWN HAIR, is standing there
what is an indefinite pronoun
a pronoun that does not refer to any person, place, thing, or idea in particular
ex: ANYBODY can answer my question
define conjunction
a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
what is a coordinating conjunction
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
what is a subordinating conjunction
a conjunction that is used to connect dependent and independent clauses
ex:
the stadium looks messy AFTER the match
what are correlative conjunctions
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
define preposition
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
what is a compound preposition
a preposition that consists of two or more words
ex:
gabby is NEXT TO the chair
what is the difference between a preposition and an adverb
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
define noun
a person, place, thing, or idea
ex:
i went to the STORE
what is a proper noun
a noun that describes a specific person, place, thing, or idea
*always capitalized
ex:
Phil, New York, Kleenex
what is an abstract noun
a noun that you cannot sense with your five senses
ex:
courage, freedom, ego, knowledge
what is a concrete noun
a noun that you can sense with your five senses
ex:
flag, boyfriend, George
what is a common noun
a word that names general items rather than specific ones
ex:
tiger, person, building
what is a compound noun
a noun that consists of two words
*can be nount+noun or adjective+noun
ex:
firefighter, greenhouse
what is a collective noun
a noun referring to a collection of things taken as a whole
ex:
family, group, staff, crew
define verb
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
ex:
she WALKED to the gas station
what is a transitive verb
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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what is an intransitive verb
a verb that doesn’t need an object
ex:
the choir kids SING sweetly
what is a helping verb
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
what is a linking verb
a verb that describes the subject by connecting it to a predicate adjective or predicate noun
ex:
the singer APPEARED in a grey suit
define interjection
a word or phrase that is grammatically independent from the rest of the sentence; mainly expresses feeling
ex:
WOW! i love your hair
what are the 6 types of interjections
interjection of joy
interjection of greeting
interjection of attention
interjection of approval
interjection of surprise
interjection of sorrow
define adjective
a word that modifies a noun
ex:
she wore a RED hat
what is a descriptive adjective
an adjective that describes it or expresses the noun’s quality
ex:
the SMALL, WHITE daisy blew in the wind.
what is a demonstrative adjective
special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space
ex:
THIS apple is red
what is a quantitative adjective
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
