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Parts of Speech
Test your knowledge on the 8 parts of speech
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| noun | a person, place, thing, or idea |
| singular noun | one person, place, thing, or idea |
| plural noun | more than one person, place, thing, or idea |
| common noun | a general person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | a specific person, place, thing, or idea; always capitalized |
| concrete noun | a noun you can touch, smell, taste, hear, or see |
| abstract noun | an idea |
| collective noun | a noun that is made up of a group of people, places, things, or ideas |
| possessive noun | a noun that shows ownership and uses an apostrophe and "s" |
| compound noun | a noun formed when two words are joined together |
| pronoun | a word that replaces a noun |
| antecendent | the noun a pronoun replaces |
| first person personal pronouns | I, me, we, us |
| second person personal pronouns | you |
| third person personal pronouns | he, she, it, they, him, her, them |
| first person possessive pronouns | my, mine, our, ours |
| second person possessive pronouns | your, yours |
| third person possessive pronouns | his, her, hers, its, their, theirs |
| action verb | a mental or physical action performed by the subject |
| linking verb | a word that links the subject to a noun or adjective in the predicate |
| helping verb | a word that helps another verb |
| adjective | a word that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun |
| adjective questions | which one, what kind, how much, how many |
| articles | a, an, the |
| proper adjectives | an adjective formed by adding a suffix to a proper noun |
| adverb | a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
| adverb questions | where, when, how, to what extent |
| preposition | a word that begins a prepositional phrase |
| object of a preposition | a noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase |
| prepositional phrase | a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun and adds additional information to the sentence |
| conjunction | words that connect |
| coordinating conjunctions | FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) |
| correlative conjunctions | pairs of conjunctions |
| interjections | words that interrupt a sentence |
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littleengteacher
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