ENGLISH 9 - PARTS OF SPEECH #1-3

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What is a noun?

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a common noun?

A general name; not capitalized.

What is a proper noun?

A specific name; always capitalized.

What is a concrete noun?

A noun you can sense (see, hear, smell, taste, or touch).

What is an abstract noun?

A noun you cannot sense; an idea or feeling.

What is a collective noun?

A noun that names a group acting as one unit.

What is the nominative case used for?

Subjects and predicate nouns.

What is the objective case used for?

Direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions.

What is the possessive case used for?

Showing ownership. (used for)

What is a pronoun?

A word that replaces a noun.

What are the three pronoun persons?

1st, 2nd, 3rd.

What do pronouns have?

Number, person, case, and function.

What is a possessive pronoun?

Shows ownership.

What is a personal pronoun?

Replaces specific people or things.

What is a demonstrative pronoun?

Points out something specific.

What is an interrogative pronoun?

Asks a question.

What is a relative pronoun?

Introduces a dependent clause.

What is an indefinite pronoun?

Refers to non-specific people or things.

What is the nominative case used for (pronouns)?

Subjects and predicate nominatives.

What is the objective case used for (pronouns)?

Direct/indirect objects and objects of prepositions.

What is the possessive case used for (pronouns)?

Showing ownership.(pronouns)

What is a verb?

A word that shows action or being.

What is an action verb?

Shows physical or mental action.

What is a linking verb?

Connects the subject to a word describing it.

What is a helping verb?

Helps form a verb phrase.

What are the simple tenses?

Present, past, future.

What are the perfect tenses?

Present perfect, past perfect, future perfect.

What are progressive (continuous) tenses?

Present, past, and future progressive.

What is an irregular verb?

A verb that doesn’t follow normal tense rules (ex: go → went).