Parts of Speech

Question 1

Names people, places, animals and things e.g cars, lizards, city, bus

Answer 1

Common nouns

Question 2

Names specific people, places and things e.g Australia, Queen Elizabeth, Tim-Tams

Answer 2

Proper nouns

Question 3

Names groups of people, animals and things e.g a “swarm” of ants, an “army” of soldiers

Answer 3

Collective nouns

Question 4

Names things we can see, hear or touch e.g grass, pencil, rope, knives

Answer 4

Concrete nouns

Question 5

Names feelings and qualities we cannot see, hear or touch e.g unhappiness, fear, courage, rage

Answer 5

Abstract nouns

Question 6

Used to replace nouns, often to stop repetition e.g he, she, they, we

Answer 6

Pronouns

Question 7

Action or doing words e.g I “eat”, he will “run”, they “sang”

Answer 7

Verb

Question 8

Describing words e.g a “gorgeous” coat, the “blue” car

Answer 8

Adjective

Question 9

Describes “how” something is done e.g he “quickly” ran, the door slammed “loudly”

Answer 9

Adverb

Question 10

Used to link nouns or pronouns with other words e.g in across, on, at, down, near

Answer 10

Preposition

Question 11

Joining words

Answer 11

Conjunction

Question 12

“Thrown” into sentences to show emotion/attitude e.g “Hey!” Cool car! Sarah kissed Alex. “Yuk!”

Answer 12

Interjection

Question 13

Used in order to give information about nouns e.g definite: “the” (used to refer to a particular noun) indefinite: “A, an” (refers to any general noun)

Answer 13

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