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parts of speech unit
parts of speech unit 8th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| noun | a person, place,thing, or idea |
| verb | an action or state of being |
| adjective | a word that describes a noun or another adjective |
| adverb | a word that describes a verb or an adjective |
| pronouns | word that replaces a noun |
| preposition | a word that tells a position, where something is in relation to something else |
| conjuction | a word that connects other words or ideas |
| interjection | a word that expresses a feeling or emotion |
| concrete noun | name thins you can see. these are usually people, places, or things |
| abstract nouns | name things you cannot see. these are usually ideas, feelings, characteristics |
| common nouns | the general name of a person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper nouns | the specific person, place, thing, or idea |
| possessive nouns | show ownership; the person or thing who possesses something gets the apostrophe |
| rules for possessive nouns | for all singular nouns add:'s; for all pural nouns that end in s add:'; for all pural nouns that dont end in s add:'s |
| action verbs | say something is happening, has happened, or will happen. some actions can be seen |
| linking verbs | link the subject with some other words that describe it |
| verb phrase | consists of one main verb and one or more helping verbs. some helping verbs can be used as main verbs |
| adjectives | words that modify or describe nouns or other adjectives |
| predicate adjectives | follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence |
| proper adjectives | adjectives formed from proper nouns |
| prepositions | show physical locations. they also show locations in time |
| prepositional phrase | the preposition with its object |
| conjuction | connects words or group of words. they also show a relationship between the words they connect |
| coordinating conjuction | connect related words, group of words, or sentences |
| correlative conjuction | used in pair to connect sentences |
| subordinating conjuctions | used at the beginning of an adverb clause which modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb |
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