The 8 Parts Of Speech [Dictionary.com] Flashcards

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What are the 8 parts of speech?

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Nouns

Pronouns

Adjectives

Adverbs

Verbs

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Interjections

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What is a noun?

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“Nouns”name persons, places, things, ideas, or qualities, e.g., Franklin, boy, Yangtze River, shoreline, Bible, desk, fear, happiness.

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What is a pronoun?

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“Pronouns”usually substitute for nouns and function as nouns, e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they, myself, this, that, who, which, everyone.

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What is an Verb?

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“Verbs” express actions, occurrences, or states of being, e.g., be, become, bunt, inflate, run.

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What is an Adjective?

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“Adjectives”describe or modify nouns or pronouns, e.g., gentle, helpful, small.

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What is an Adverb?

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Adverbsdescribe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, e.g., almost, gently, helpfully, someday.

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What is a Preposition?

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“Prepositions”relate nouns or pronouns to other words in a sentence, e.g., about, at, down, for, of, with.

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What is a Conjunction?

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“Conjunctions”link words, clauses, and phrases. There are coordinating conjunctions that link words, clauses, or phrases of equal importance, and there are subordinating conjunctions that introduce subordinate clauses and link them to main clauses.

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What is an Interjection?

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“Interjections”express feeling or command attention, either alone or in a sentence, e.g., darn, hey, oh, wow.

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What are Productive Classes and Unproductive Classes?

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Some words (adjectives,adverbs,interjections,nouns,verbs) are productive classes allowing new members;

others, with functional rather than lexical meaning (articles,conjunctions,prepositions) are nonproductive and have a limited number of members.

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What are some unofficial parts of speech?

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Some grammarians considerarticles,quantifiers, andnumeralsto also be parts of speech.

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