click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
parts of speech
Term | Definition |
---|---|
three types of nouns | collective, common, proper |
collective noun | SCHOOL of fish SWARM of bees |
common noun | things e.g. Desk or Paper |
proper nouns | Names of places and people. e.g. Albany, Ella, Sarah |
adjective | describing nouns e.g. DELICIOUS cake. ANNOYING child |
adverb | describes a verb e.g. whispered excitedly. last week |
verb | action words - tense indicates time |
pronoun | Replaces nouns e.g. She,He they (their person), I, me , my (personal pronouns). you (second person) |
conjunction | joining words (and, but, or, because) |
preposition | e.g. at, but, of, on, two, by, in, before, over, behind. Connecting to the subject (the man jumped OVER the dog) |
interjection | Expresses exclamation. e.g. YAY! HORRAY! |
antonym | opposites, hot, cold. - in, out - up, down |
homonym | homo (same), same word different meaning. e.g. here, hear, hair, hare. |
synonym | same meaning different word. e.g. happy, excited, glad, ecstatic. |