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Comstock English
Parts of Speech
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstract Noun | A noun that is not touchable - an idea (EX: hope) |
| Action Verb | Verb that shows action or tells what action is taking place. Can be visible or mental action (running, thinking) |
| Adjectives | Words that describe a noun or pronoun (the HAPPY boy) |
| Adverb | Modified (describes) a verb or another adverb. Answers questions how, when, where, why? |
| Collective Noun | Names a group of people or things (class, team, club) |
| Common Noun | Does not name a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing (school, city, country) |
| Compound Noun | a noun made up of 2 or more words (high school, baseball, dog house) |
| Concrete Noun | a person, place, or thing taht can be seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted |
| Conjunction | Joins words or ideas (FANBOYS = for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) |
| FANBOYS means what | for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
| Helping Verb | comes before the main verb and hels express meaning, tense (am, is, are, do, does, can, could) EX: She IS talking |
| Infinitive | to + a verb (to run, to dance - he loves TO SING) |
| Linking Verb | Verbs that join the subject with a word(s) in the predicate that describe or rename the subject (be, is, am, are, was, were, seem, appear, become, feel, sound, smell) |
| Main Verb | Final Verb in a verb phrase, tells what action is happening EX: Harry is THINKING about Jane. |
| Noun | A person, place, thing, or idea (EX: girl, school, book, hope) |
| Prepositional Phrase | A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun (in, on, of, under EX: on the desk, under the table) |
| Pronoun | A word that replaces a noun (he, they, I, we, my, she, it, them) |
| Proper Noun | Names a specific person, place, or thing (EX: John, Comstock, Samsung) |
| Verb | Words that express or show action or link the subject with a word inthe predicate (EX: is, think, run, be, were, jump) |
| Verb Phrase | A group of words that contains a main verb and one or more helping verb EX: He IS RUNNING. |
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