Parts Of Speech

Question 1

Pronouns

Answer 1

pronoun used in place of one or more nouns
(he, it, they, her,)

personal pronouns pronoun stands first person, second person, third person
(I, my, you, yours, he him his…)

reflexive pronouns subject of sentence (needed to make sense)
(Joe himself read the book.)

intensive pronouns stresses the antecedent (isn’t required for sense)
(I myself fixed it.)

demonstrative pronoun points out a person, place or thing (this, that , these,those)
Points AT something

interrogative pronouns asks a question
(who, whom, which, what, whose)

relative pronoun introduces subordinate clause (who, that, which, whose)
(Mario, who owns a big dog, lives next door)

indefinite pronouns refers to one or more …does not refer to a Specific noun
(all, both, many, somebody)

Question 2

Nouns

Answer 2

person, place, thing, or idea

Proper nouns are names New York, Northern High School

Question 3

Verbs

Answer 3

verb action or state of being
(built, feels)

action verb expresses action
(waved, knows, ran)

transitive verb action that is directed towards noun; the subject performs the action (Hank drove the car.)

intrasitive verb expressed action not directed to an object
(Hank drove slowly.)

linking verbs expresses state of being by linking word(s) that renames…
(am, had been, smell, feel, look)
The speaker is Shannon. The music sounded loud.

Question 4

Adjectives

Answer 4

modify (describe) noun or pronoun
what kind, which one, how many
(clean room, some ideas, few coins, first choice)

Question 5

Adverbs

Answer 5

modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
makes the meaning of a word more definite
(She will politely ask.)

Question 6

Conjunctions

Answer 6

joins words or word groups

and, but , or

Question 7

Interjections

Answer 7

word that expresses emotion that is not grammatical connected to the sentence (on-no, yikes! yippee)

Question 8

Preposition

Answer 8

shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

to, over, between