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Mr Whitcher's Year 9 English class - Parts of speech activities
Check your knowledge of the main parts of speech with these flashcards & other activities
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| noun | Names a person, place, idea or thing eg student, principal, cabbage,courage, zebra |
| interjection | An exclamatory remark eg Careful ! |
| adjective | describes or adds meaning to a noun eg large, small, blue |
| pronoun | Takes the place of a noun eg I, me, you, he, they,it |
| preposition | Links a noun to some other word in the sentence eg over, under, beside, , on, above |
| conjunction | Joins words or groups of words eg and, because whether |
| verb | 1) shows action eg ran, swam, hit, drive 2) shows a state of being eg is, was, are |
| adverb | Tells something about a verb, or an adjective or another adverb eg hurriedly, calmly, cleverly |
| common noun | Names one or more of a group or class of thingsd eg cat, dogs, planet, houses |
| proper noun | Name of a particular person, place, animal or thing. It always starts with a capital letter eg Mr Whitcher, Rangiora, New Zealand |
| abstract noun | Name of a feeling or emotion.. eg love, fear, anger |
| collective noun | Name used for a group of things, animals or people eg crowd, flock, herd |
| personal pronouns | Pronouns such as: I, me, we, us, they. you she, he etc |
| possessive pronouns | These pronouns show ownership eg: ours, his, hers, yours, ts; their |
| auxilary verbs | These are words that 'help" verbs. Examples einclude be; am; is; are; do; does; has; have; can; could; will ;would |
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