Study parts of speech Flashcards
A person place thing or idea.
Noun
A noun that you can touch.
Concrete noun
A noun that you can’t touch-idea
Abstract noun
A noun that is not specific for a person place or thing.
Common noun
A noun that is specific for a person place or thing.
Proper noun
A word that takes the place of a noun.
Pronoun
Words that describe nouns or pronouns.
Adjectives
Which one? How many? What kind/type?
The three adjective questions
An, A, the
Article
An action or state of being
Verb
Something you can physically or mentally do.
Action verb
Is, are, was, were, am, be, been, being.
Linking Verb
Describes/ modifies verbs, adjectives and adverbs
Adverb
When, where, how, why, how much?
The five adverb questions
Words that relate nouns
Prepositions
Join thoughts, ideas and words.
Conjunction
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. FANBOYS!
Coordinating conjunctions
Takes a complete idea and makes it less than complete.
Subordinating conjunction
Conjunctions that relate 2 different things or ideas.
Correlative conjunction
A word or phrase that is interjected in a sentence. Often has an explanation mark. !
Interjection
