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Test 4-10-2012
Parts of Speech
Question | Answer |
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What are nouns? | names a person, place, thing, or idea |
What are some examples of idea nouns? | love, happy, sad, freedom, peace |
What are pronouns? | takes the place of a noun |
What are verbs? | something that you can do |
What are some helping verbs? | am is are was where being been be have has had do does did shall will should would may might must can could |
What are the three articles? | a, an, the |
What do articles do? | signal that a noun is coming |
What are the coordinating conjunctions(FANBOYS)? | for, and, nor, but, or yet, so |
What do conjunctions do? | join words, phrases, and clauses |
What do adjectives do? | modify or describe a noun or pronoun |
How do adjectives modify nouns? | which one, how many, what kind |
What are the demonstrating adjectives? | this, that, these, those |
What do adverbs do? | modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs |
How do adverbs modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives? | how, when, where, to what extend |
What are prepositional phrase made of? | preposition, the noun, and any words between or describing them |
What are interjections? | words, phrases, and nonsense words that express feelings |
What are some examples of interjections? | wow, yes, awesome |