Parts Of Speech Flashcards
What is a noun and give 3 examples:
A naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality or action. Study: PAPTLIQ
Hunger, thought, arrival
What is a verb and give 3 examples:
A word which describes an action or a state. Believe, be, patronize
What is an adjective and give 3 examples:
A word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun. Lovely, sweet, orange
What is an adverb and give 3 examples:
A word that usually describes a verb. Tells you how something is done and may also tell you when/where something happened. Well, yesterday, everywhere
What is a pronoun and give 3 examples:
Used instead of a noun to avoid repeating a noun. It, we, they
What is a conjunction and give 3 examples:
Joins two words, phrases or sentences. And, so, because
What is an interjection and give 3 examples:
An emotional outcry of usually one word and ends in an exclamation mark. Ouch! Help! Ha!
What is an article and give 3 examples:
Used to introduce a noun. The, a, an
What is a preposition and give three examples:
Usually becomes, a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. By, behind, near