Pronouns And Parts Of Speech Flashcards

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Define Demonstrative pronoun

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A pronoun that is used to point to something specific within an sentence

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Define Relative pronoun

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A relative pronoun is used to refer to nouns, can be about people, places, and things

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Define Interrogative pronoun

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A pronoun which is used to ask a question

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Define a Indefinite pronoun

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A pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular

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Define Intensive pronoun

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A pronoun that ends in self or selves

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Define Personal Pronoun

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A pronoun (such as I, you, they, or it ) that is used to refer to a specific person or thing.

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Define noun

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A person place or thing

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Define pronoun

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A word (such as I, he, she, you, it, we, or they) that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.

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Define verb

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A word that represents an action or a state of being. Go, strike, travel, and exist are examples of verbs.

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Define interjection

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A spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden or strong feeling. Examples of such are hurray, yippee, or yahoo!

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Define conjunction

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A word or expression that joins together sentences, clauses, phrases, or words. Examples are and/or

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Define adjective

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A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives are usually placed just before the words they qualify: shy child, blue notebook, rotten apple, four horses, another table.

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Define adverb

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A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb and often used to show degree, manner, place, or time

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Define preposition

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A word or group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object.

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