Parts of speech Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is a common noun?
Name general people, places, things, or ideas
What is a proper noun
specific names of people, places, or things
What is a collective noun?
Refer to groups of people or things
What is an abstract noun?
Name ideas, qualities, or concepts
What are reflextive pronouns?
Refer back to another noun or pronoun in the sentence
Define a definite article
“The” - refers to specific nouns
Define an indefinite article??
“a” and “an” - refer to non-specific nouns
Define a descriptive adjective and examples
Describe qualities or states of being ( happy, tall, blue)
Define and give an example of possessive adjectives
Show ownership (my, your, his, her, our)
Example and definition of finite verbs
Change form according to tense and subject (she walks to school-present) (she walked to school- past)
Auxiliary verbs - Help ……. Form different………….. ?
Help main verbs form different tenses, voices, or moods.
Adverbs of manner and example
Describe how an action is performed (quickly, carefully)
Indicates where an action occurs
Adverbs of place
Yesterday, always and often are examples of what type of adverb and what is the definition
Adverbs a of time/frequency- show when or how often an action occurs
Very, too and extremely are examples of which adverb and what is its definition?
Indicate the intensity of degree of an action, adjective or adverb - Adverbs of Degree
What is the definition for a coordinating conjunction?
Connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank
Because, since and when are examples of what and its definition?
Subordinating conjunctions - connect dependent clauses to independent clauses
