Parts Of Speech

Question 1

How many parts of speech are there?

Answer 1

Nine

Question 2

What are the nine parts of speech?

Answer 2

Interjection
Article
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Preposition
Conjunction
Adverb
Verb

Question 3

What is the interjection?

Answer 3

An exclamatory word or sound to express a strong emotion

Question 4

What is an example of an interjection?

Answer 4

Oh!

Ow!

Question 5

What is an article?

Answer 5

A word that indicates a noun

Question 6

What are the two types of articles?

Answer 6

Definite

Indefinite

Question 7

What is a definite article?

Answer 7

It indicates a specific noun

Question 8

What is an indefinite article?

Answer 8

These indicate non-specific nouns

Question 9

Give an example of a definite article

Answer 9

The

Question 10

Give examples of indefinite articles

Answer 10

A -words beginning with a consonant

An- words beginning with a vowel

Question 11

What is a noun?

Answer 11

A subject or an object in a sentence

Question 12

What are the six type of nouns?

Answer 12

Common noun
Noun Agent
Proper noun
Abstract noun
Collective noun
Compound noun

Question 13

What is a common noun?

Answer 13

It names a concrete or physical thing, such as a person, place, item, object or animal

Question 14

What is a noun agent?

Answer 14

A noun specifically referring to a person

Question 15

Give an example of a common noun

Answer 15

Box
Dog
Tree

Question 16

Give examples of a noun agent

Answer 16

Teacher
Drummer
Physicist 
Maniac
Idealist

Question 17

What is a proper noun?

Answer 17

Used to name a particular person, place or thing

Question 18

What is an abstract noun?

Answer 18

A noun that names a less concrete thing, something that doesn’t have a physical quality

Question 19

Give examples of abstract nouns

Answer 19

Love
Labour
Misery
War
Integrity

Question 20

What is a collective noun?

Answer 20

It names a group or collection of things that form a whole

Question 21

Give examples of collective nouns

Answer 21

Choir
Staff
Dazzle of zebras
Army of frogs

Question 22

What is a compound noun?

Answer 22

This is a noun that is made up of joining two or more words using hyphens

Question 23

Give examples of a compound noun

Answer 23

Forty-year-old
Gold-digger
Merry-go-round
Runner-up

Question 24

What is a pronoun?

Answer 24

It is a noun substitute

Question 25

What are the subject pronouns?

Answer 25

``` I You He She It They We ```

Question 26

What are the object pronouns?

Answer 26

``` Me You Him Her It Them Us ```

Question 27

What are the possessive pronouns?

Answer 27

``` Mine Yours His Hers Theirs Ours ```

Question 28

What are the reflexive pronouns?

Answer 28

``` Myself Yourself Himself Herself Themselves Ourselves ```

Question 29

What is an adjective?

Answer 29

A word that describes a noun

Question 30

What are the five types of adjectives?

Answer 30

``` Descriptive Proper Possessive Compound Degrees of comparison ```

Question 31

Give examples of descriptive adjectives

Answer 31

Slow Pretty Soft

Question 32

What is a proper adjective?

Answer 32

Adjectives derived from proper nouns. They usually involve countries

Question 33

Give examples of proper adjectives

Answer 33

French (food) | Belgian (chocolate)

Question 34

What are possessive adjectives?

Answer 34

They have the appearance of pronouns, but they describe a noun

Question 35

Give examples of possessive adjectives

Answer 35

``` My Our Your His Her Their ```

Question 36

What is a compound adjective?

Answer 36

Two words joined by a hyphen acting as an adjective