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Examples of this part of speech are house, jury, determination, grit.
noun
preposition
verb
pronoun
2
What are the three questions that adjectives can answer?
Which one? what kind? to what extent/degree?
Who? what kind? to what extent/degree?
Who? what? when? where?
Which one? what kind? how many?
3
What part of speech connects words/ groups of words? Examples:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet,
so
expletive
noun
conjunction
preposition
4
What part of speech represents a person, place, thing, or idea?
noun
expletive
adjective
interjection
5
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
interjection
adverb
adjective
verb
6
How many prepositional phrases?
During the month of May I went on a trip with my friend to NYC.
three
four
two
five
7
What kind of articles are the words
a
and
an
? (they indicate something not specific)
definite
indefinite
8
What type of noun is always capitalized? (Bob, California, France...)
proper noun
collective noun
common noun
pronoun
9
What describes the distance/placement/proximity of one word to another word in a sentence?
verb
conjunction
pronoun
preposition
10
Conjunctions used in pairs are what kind of conjunctions? (both/and; either/or; neither/nor)
coordinating
subordinating
correlative
11
What are the four questions that adverbs can answer?
To what extent/degree? When? Where? How?
When? where? how? why?
Who? when? where? why?
When? where? to what extent/degree? what?
12
Prepositional phrases always begin with a _____________ and end with noun or pronoun.
expletive
preposition
pronoun
article
13
If one can switch this word with "because," it's a conjunction (otherwise, it's a preposition).
for
so
yet
but
14
A verb that describes physical or mental action is called what type of verb?
action verb
linking verb
15
What's the prepositional phrase in the following?
I ran around the block ten times today.
around the block
I ran
ten times today
ran around
16
The verbs
seems
,
is
,
was
, and
had
, when used alone, are what kind of verbs?
linking verbs
action verbs
17
What part of speech answers the questions which one(s)? how many/much? or what kind(s)?
pronoun
noun
adjective
conjunction
18
I went camping with John and (
he
,
him
).
he
him
19
(
She
,
Her
) and Sara went to the store.
Which is the correct pronoun to use?
She
Her
20
If it can be replaced with
except
, it's a preposition; if not, it's a coordinating conjunction.
nor
so
or
but
21
What type of noun can be perceived by the five senses? (table, bird, school, beach...)
concrete nouns
abstract nouns
22
What are the words
a, an
, and
the
called?
adjectives
verbs
adverbs
articles
23
What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when? where? how?
conjunction
adjective
adverb
pronoun
24
What type of pronouns are
I
,
we
,
she
,
they,
him
, and
us
? They refer to "people."
proper pronouns
personal pronouns
possessive pronouns
indirect objects
25
Examples of this part of speech include words like
on, to, behind, with, in, around.
preposition
conjunction
verb
noun
26
What kind of adjective is the word "American" in the following sentence? The boy is American.
common
proper
27
Interjections that express a sudden burst of emotion are followed by what kind of punctuation?
comma
question mark
exclamation mark
period
28
Mild interjections are followed by what kind of punctuation?
period
exclamation mark
comma
semi-colon
29
What word is being described by the adverb
inside
? A warm fire beckoned the weary man inside.
fire
beckoned
warm
man
30
What part of speech substitutes for a noun or pronoun? Examples: we, they, him, I, you, me, she
expletive
interjection
pronoun
preposition
31
What part of speech is in
bold
in the following sentence? The kid went
inside
to eat dinner.
preposition
adverb
32
Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples: "Wow!" or "Ouch!"
verb
expletive
interjection
adverb
33
What type of noun cannot be perceived by the senses? (love, ambition, liberty...)
abstract noun
concrete noun
34
What kind of article is
the
? (it indicates something specific)
indefinite
definite