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Parts of Speech

AB
simple subjectIt is the key word or words in the complete subject. It is usually a noun or a pronoun.
simple predicateIt is the key word or words in the complete predicate. It is always a verb.
conjunctionthey are used to connect words or groups of words.
interjectiona word or group of words that expresses feeling.
nounA word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea is called a noun.
concrete nounA noun that names something that can be seen, smelled, heard, tasted, or touched is called a concrete noun.
abstract nounAn abstract noun names an idea, a quality, or a feeling.
common nounrefers to any person, place, thing or idea.
proper nounIt identifies a particular person, place, thing, or idea and is always capitalized.
collective nounnames persons, animals, or things that act together as a group.
compound nounis made up of two or more words acting as a single noun.
verbexpresses physical action, mental action, or a state of being.
linking verbIt expresses a state of being. It links the subject with a noun or an adjective in the predicate that names or describes the subject.
helping verbIn a verb phrase the main verb expres action or the state of being. The other verbs are these.
transitive verbexpresses acton that is received by a noun or pronoun in the predicate called the direct object.
intransitive verbA verb that does not send its action to a word in the predicate.
direct objectalways a noun or pronoun that answers the question whom? or what? after the verb.
indirect objectanswers the questions tor or for whom? and to or for what? It always comes before the direct object.
adjectiveA word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. It tells which, what kind, or how many.
adverbsWords that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. It can tell how, when, where, or to what extent about the word it modifies.
personal pronounsThey are classified by person number, and gender. They take the place of a noun.
interrogative pronounsWhen you ask a question you often begin it with this type of pronoun.
demonstrative pronounsthese pronouns are used to point out particular persons and things.
indefinite pronounsThese pronouns do not refer to definite persons or things.
reflexive pronouna pronoun that refers to the subject.
intensive pronounemphasizes a noun or another pronoun.
prepositional phraseit begins with a preposition, ends with the object of the preposition.
prepositiona word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and anoter word in a sentence.


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