Parts of speech Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is a common noun?
- Naming word
- Names ordinary everyday things
What is a proper noun?
-Names of people and places etc
What is a collective noun?
-Names a collection or group
What is a abstract noun?
-Something which is not visible or tangible
What is a pronoun?
-Stands in place of the noun
What is a adjective?
-Describing word
What is a verb?
-Doing word
What is a adverb?
-Tells you more about the verb
What is a conjunction
-Joining word
What is a preposition
- Small words
- Relate two words
- Relate to phares to one another
What is a article?
-Words that precede nouns or adjectives
eg a, an, or the
What types of pronoun do u get
- personal pronouns
- possessive pronouns
- reflective pronouns
- interrogative pronouns
What is a gerund
- when is a word is ending in a ing
- indicated by a of
What the tenses
- simple eg i live
- continous eg living
- perfect eg have lived
What is a acronym
-kind of abbreviation
What is a abbreviation
-to shorten words
what are homophones
- same sound
- different meaning and spelling
What is homonyms
- same spell sound
- different meaning
What is a alteration
the reputation of constant
What is smilie
direct comparison
like and as
What is a metaphor
compassion without using like or as
what is onomatopoeia
-real life sounds
What is hyperbole
-is over exaggeration
What is personification
-to give a thing a human qualities
