Parts of Speech Flashcards
(24 cards)
Abstract Noun
Identify an idea or quality
ex) truth, danger, beauty
Collective Noun
describes group of people, things, or animals
ex) family, staff, furniture, herd
Personal Pronouns
- Nominative: replace the subject of a sentence. The subject pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, and they
- Objective: replace the object of a sentence. The object pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them
Possessive Pronouns
used to express possession. In other words, we use possessive pronouns when we want to show that something belongs to someone or something
ex) mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.
Indefinite Pronouns
used to show general quantities or choices. The singular indefinite pronouns are each, either, neither, one, everyone, no one, someone, anyone, everybody, nobody, somebody, anybody, everything, nothing, something, anything, and another.
Reflexive Pronouns
refers back to the antecedent (noun) for extra emphasis
ex) The oven keeps itself clean.
Adjectives
describing words like colors, sizes, quantities, numbers, nationalities, etc.
Possessive Adjectives
Express ownership. The possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.
Nouns as Adjectives
Sometimes, we can use nouns as a way to describe other nouns.
Verbs as Adjectives
When a verb is used as an adjective, it’s called a participle and generally ends in -ed or -ing.
Degree of Adjectives
The suffixes -er is added when adjectives compare two things. The suffix -est is used when adjectives compare more than two things. When you use -er and -est endings do not add “more” or “most”.
Verbs
Verbs express an action like runs, or a state of being like stays.
Linking Verbs
they “link” or connect the subject to a predicate noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective. Include am, is, are, was, were, being, and been
Subject-Verb Agreement
Rule 1: Single Subjects-> require single verbs. Regular single verb end with an -s.
Rule 2: Plural Subjects-> require plural verbs. Regular plural verbs do not end with an -s.
Rule 3: Compound Subjects with AND-> joined by and take plural verbs, unless they are commonly considered to be one item.
Rule 4: Compound Subjects with OR or NOR-> joined by or or nor, the verb will agree with the subject that is closest to the verb (ex: the rabbits or cow runs)
Rule 5: Questions-> verb will agree with the subject that follows it.
Rule 6: Collective Nouns-> act as one equals singular verb, act as individuals equals plural
Rule 7: Indefinite Pronouns-> Singular indefinite pronouns must agree with single verbs. Plural indefinite pronouns must agree with plural verbs.
Verb Tense
include present, past, and future. Tenses show the time of an action.
Verb Person
Verbs will be written in first person (I, we), second person (you), or third person (he, she, it, they).
Adverbs
An adverb can describe or modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Prepositions
show the relationship between a noun or pronoun with another word in the sentence.
Prepositional phrases
groups of at least two words that begin with a preposition. They don’t contain a subject or a verb. They always begin with a preposition and end with a noun, gerund, or pronoun.
Conjunctions
link different words or clauses together in a sentence
Coordinating Conjunctions
For And Nor But Or Yet So
Correlative Conjunctions
work in pairs. The most common correlative conjunctions are either/or, neither/nor, and not only/but also.
Subordinating Conjunctions
join dependent and independent clauses. cause and effect or contrasting relationship
ex) as, although, because, whereas, since, though, and while AND before, after, and until
Interjections
words that express an emotion or feeling. They can be used as part of a sentence or alone and are often followed by an exclamation point (!)
ex) Oops!, Wow!, Hmm.
