Verbs, Nouns, Pronouns (Parts of Speech, NES Study)

Terms for Parts of Speech. Part 1 of the Literacy/Language Arts section of the test.

Helping Verbs (auxilary verbs)

are words that connect to a main topic to support verbs in a sentence.

Verbs

words or groups of words that show action or beings.

Transitive Verb

Verbs whose action is received by something.

Intransitive Verbs

The verb does not have a reciever.

Action Verbs

Shows what a subject is doing.

Linking Verbs

Links the subject to a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

Phrasal Verbs

A verb and a preposition or adverb that have a new meaning altogether.

Indefinite Nouns

does not specify a specific place, thing, person, or idea.

Definite Nouns

indicates a specific place, thing, person, or idea.

General Nouns

Names of conditions or ideas.

Common Nouns

names for people, places, and things.

Proper Nouns

Specific names for people, places, or things.

Collective Nouns

Names for groups of people, places, and nouns.

Specific Nouns

Names of people, places, and things by using senses.

Reciprocal Pronouns

each other, one another

Indefinite Pronouns

words talking about groups.

Demonstrative Pronouns

this, that, these, those

Relative Pronouns

which, who, whom, whose

Interrogative Pronouns

Adding what to relative pronouns

Intensive Pronouns

Adding self to pronouns.

Objective Pronouns (under personal nouns)

nouns and pronouns that are the object of the sentence.

Possessive Pronouns (under personal nouns)

nouns and pronouns that show possession or worship.

Nominative Pronoun (under personal nouns)

nouns and pronouns that are the subject of a sentence.