Parts of Speech. Flashcards
What is an Adjective?
A word that describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun.
Examples: colorful, odious, incessant, joyful, loud.
What is an Adjective?
A word that describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun.
examples: colorful, odious, incessant, joyful, loud.
What is a Pronoun?
A word used in place of a noun.
Examples: I, her, him, It, that, these, she, he.
What is a Verb?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear , become , happened.
What is an Adverb?
A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word-group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree.
Example: Gently, quite, then, there.
What is a Noun?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples: finesse, education, school, New York, teacher.
What is a Preposition?
A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause.
What is a Conjunction?
1- The action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space.
2- A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
Examples: And, if, but.
What is a Interjection?
An abrupt remark, made esp. as an aside or interruption.
– An exclamation, esp. as a part of speech.
Examples : ah! or dear me!
