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