Parts Of Speech

Question 1

Nouns

Answer 1

Noun- A person, place or thing.

For example- Sally, Australia, table, happy
The BIRD lives in CANADA.

Question 2

Adjectives

Answer 2

An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

For example- happy, brave, more, really.
The TALL person won the game.

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

A verb is an action word. They tell what action someone or something is doing.

For example- ran, climb, ask, breath.
The bird FLEW from Canada to England.

Question 4

Pronoun

Answer 4

A pronoun takes the place of a noun. It can take the place of a name, place or thing.

For example- I, she, it, them.
SHE gave THEM a lolly.

Question 5

Article

Answer 5

An article comes before the noun.

For example- THE bird, AN apple, A donkey.
THE sun gives light to THE moon.

Question 6

Adverb

Answer 6

An adverb describes the verb. The adverb tells how, when, where or to what extent.

For example- quickly, slowly

Question 7

Preposition

Answer 7

A preposition tells the position of the noun or pronoun.

For example- from, over, under, below.
He placed the box UNDER the table.

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

A conjunction joins two ideas or two words into a single sentence. They join two clauses together.

For example- and, but, because, nor.
The bird sang WHILE the lion pranced.

Question 9

Interjection

Answer 9

An interjection expresses emotion strongly. An interjection normally has an exclamation mark.

For example- Ow! Ouch! Hey! Please! Phew!
“OW! What was that for?”

Question 10

Abstract Nouns

Answer 10

Abstract Nouns are words that aren’t related to the five senses. They are thoughts, ideas and emotions

For example- happy, truth, frustrating.
Sally was very HAPPY when the TRUTH came out.

Question 11

Proper Nouns

Answer 11

Proper Nouns are a name or place. Proper Nouns have capital letters at the beginning.

For example- Melbourne, Fred, South Australia
RIANNA moved from SOUTH AUSTRALIA to MELBOURNE.

Question 12

Collective Nouns

Answer 12

Collective nouns are words that refer to a group. Either people, things or numbers.
For example- dozen, flock, pod
There were a DOZEN dolphins in the POD.

Question 13

Common Nouns

Answer 13

Common Nouns are words that name a place, thing, animal or idea.
For example- dog, tree, pole
The BIRD flew up onto the TREE.

Question 14

Singular Nouns

Answer 14

A singular noun names one place, place, thing or idea.

For example- building, rail, dirt
The railings were full of DIRT.

Question 15

Plural Nouns

Answer 15

A plural noun names more than one place, thing, animal or ides. They often end in s.
For example- dolls, pencils, hillocks

Question 16

Concrete Nouns

Answer 16

A concrete noun is a word that can be experienced through the five senses: touch, taste, feel, smell & hearing.
For example- phone, coffee, lavender
The ROOM smelt of LAVENDER.

Question 17

Superlative Adjectives

Answer 17

A word that is an adjective and has ‘est’ on the end.
For example- biggest, tallest, strongest
She was the BIGGEST, TALLEST, STRONGEST on the court.

Question 18

Comparative Adjectives

Answer 18

An adjective that ends in ‘er’.
For example- bigger, taller, stronger
Song lyrics- BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER

Question 19

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 19

A word that links an independent clause and dependent clause into one sentence.
For example- because
Sally was upset BECAUSE she lost her wallet.

Question 20

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 20

A word that links equal parts of a sentence.
For example- and, so.
She went to the shops AND bought an apple.

Question 21

Correlating Conjunctions

Answer 21

Words that work together to join equal parts of a sentence.
For example- either/ or, neither/ nor, not only/ but also.
NOT ONLY do I like apples, BUT ALSO oranges.