english honors

noun

name of a person, place, thing, idea

pronoun

takes place of a noun

verb

a word that expresses a action or state of being

adjective

describes which one or what kind and modifys noun/pronoun

adverb

how, when, where, why, about adjectives and verbs or other adverbs

conjunction

joins like parts of speech, phrases or clauses

preposition

established a relationship between its object and another word

interjection

expresses emotion

concrete noun

in-tangible

abstract noun

tangible

proper noun

specific name

reflexive pronoun

ends in self; will receive the object or action of the verb

intensive pronoun

ends in self; usually follows a noun for emphasis

interrogative

asks a question

demonstrative nouns

this, that; these, those; point out

relative pronouns

that, whom, whose, which, who, what, whomever, whatever, which, who, what, whomever, whatever, whichever, whoever, whosoever; introduce a subordinate clause

indefinate pronoun

general/non-specific; all, bodys, things, ones

transitive action verb

will transfer its action to a complement (dir. obj., indirect obj., obj. complement)

in-transitive action verb

the action stops the verb

linking verbs

state of being verb

helping or auxillary

form verb phrases to change tense