parts of speech

Question 1

What is the name of the part of speech that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast.
It can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.

Answer 1

Adjective

Question 2

What is the name of the part of speech that names a thing (book), a person (Noah Webster), an animal (cat), a place (Omaha), a quality (softness), an idea (justice), or an action (yodeling). It’s usually a single word, but not always.

Answer 2

Noun

Question 3

What is the name of the part of speech that names represent actions that are external (run, jump, work) and internal (love, think, consider).

Answer 3

Verb

Question 4

What is the name of the part of speech that can be used to substitute for nouns when your reader or listener already knows which noun you’re referring to.

Answer 4

Pronouns

Question 5

What is the name of the part of speech that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence.

Answer 5

Adverb

Question 6

He is a happy boy.

What is the adjectives in this sentence?
a) boy
b) is
c) happy

Answer 6

Happy

Question 7

She quickly run to the store.

What is the verb in this sentence?

Answer 7

Run