Parts of Speech Test Flashcards
A noun is…
person, place, thing, or idea
A verb is…
action or state of being (linking/helping)
An adjective is…
describes nouns or pronouns
A pronoun is…
replaces a noun (he, she, me, I, we, us)
An adverb is…
describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
it usually ends in “ly”
it shows to what extent something is done
it shows how
etc.
A preposition is…
tells location and/or time and relates one word to another
A conjunction is…
a “joiner” word (connects parts of a sentence)
A coordinating conjunction is…
FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
A subordinating conjunction is…
go at the beginning of a dependent clause (because, after, when, although)
A correlative conjunction is…
words that travel in pairs (neither nor, either or, not only but also, etc)
An interjection is…
a word that protests, exclaims, or commands (an interrupted thought)
What are the four sentence TYPES?
- declarative (.)
- exclamatory (!)
- interrogative (?)
- imperative (.,!) command statements
What are the four sentence STRUCTURES?
- simple
- compound
- complex
- compound-complex
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