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Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech and their sub catagories
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Noun | Person, place, thing, or idea |
| Verb | What is being done in a sentence. |
| Pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun. |
| Common Noun | The everyday name for something. |
| Proper Noun | The SPECIFIC name for something. |
| Compound Noun | A noun that is made by combining two or more words together. |
| Collective Noun | A noun that names a group of things. |
| Concrete Noun | A noun that you can interact with using one or more of your five senses. |
| Abstract Noun | A noun that can be thought about or felt (with your emotions) but not touched or seen. |
| Action Verb | A word that is physical or mental that someone does. |
| Linking Verb | A word that connects a noun with an adjective or a noun at the end of the sentence. |
| Helping Verb | a verb that is one of 23 that gives more information about what is being done in the sentence. It is paird with an action verb. |
| Verb Phrase | a helping verb and action/main verb used together. |
| Pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun. |
| Adjective | modifies a noun |
| Adverb | modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. |