Parts Of Speech Flashcards
(18 cards)
Noun
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
Girl
Home
Dog
Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. An adjective tells what kind, how many or which one.
Funny
Quick
Short
Verb
A verb can tell what action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express a state of being.
Run
Jump
Play
Pronoun
A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. A pronoun can take the place of the name of the person, place, or thing.
He
She
They
Article
The words a,an and the belong o a special group of adjectives called articles. An article can be used before a noun in a sentence.
A
An
The
Adverb
An adverb describes a verb, adjective or another adverb. An adverb tells how, when, where, or to what degree.
Soon
Quickly
Barely
Preposition
A preposition combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence. Locations.
Under
Inside
Below
Conjunctions
A conjunction joins together a single word or groups of words in a sentence.
For And Nor But Or Yet So
Interjections
An interjection expresses strong feelings or emotions. An interjection can be a single word or a phrase. Onomatopoeia
Bang!
Help!
Snap!
Common nouns
Nouns used to name a person, animal, place, thing
Cat
Table
Scissors
Collective nouns
Name of a group or collection of things.
Crows
Herd of cows
Flock of sheep
Proper nouns
Name specific people, places or things. They have capital letters at their start.
Kiran
Russia
Telstra
Abstract Nouns
Feelings/emotions or ideas.
Happiness
Excitement
Joy
Past tense
An action that occurred in the past.
Present tense
An action is currently occurring in the present.
Future tense
An action that is yet to occur.
Superlative Adjetives
Compares two or more things uses the suffix est.
Largest
Smallest
Best
Comparative adjectives
Compares 2 words usually using the suffix Er
Better
Cooler
Shorter
