Parts of Speech, Parts of Speech
A sentence - Answer Contains a subject, predicate and is a complete thought. Starts
with a capital and ends with some end punctuation.
nouns - Answer person, place, thing, or idea
proper nouns - Answer used to name a specific person, place, or thing. These begin
with a capital letter. Examples: Sarah, Los Angelas, Mars, Cafe Río
common nouns - Answer used to name non-specific people, places, or things.
Examples: house, dog, broom, happy
concrete nouns - Answer These refer to people or things that exist physically and that at
least one of the senses can detect. You can touch, smell, see, or hear them. Examples:
cat, desk, baby, bike
abstract nouns - Answer These have no physical existence. They refer to ideas,
emotions and concepts you cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. Example: love,
time, fear, freedom
plural nouns - Answer More than one of a noun. Examples: wombats, candies, mice
possessive nouns - Answer Expresses ownership. Examples: Blake's notebook, Alan's
sock, Makayla's fruit roll-up
pronouns - Answer Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his
adjectives - Answer Tells us more about a noun. Describes the noun. Examples: green
slow, five, stinky, tall, round
prepositions - Answer Words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their
relationship with other words in the sentence. Example: behind (the tree), across (Maple
Street), down (the stairs)
comparative adjectives - Answer Shows comparisons. Examples: older, safer, louder,
more beautiful
superlative adjectives - Answer Shows comparisons. Examples: oldest, safest, loudest,
most beautiful
verbs - Answer Words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a
sentence
linking verbs - Answer Verbs that don't show action. They link the subject to words or
groups of words that identify or describe the subject. Examples: grew (large), tasted
(delicious)
A sentence - Answer Contains a subject, predicate and is a complete thought. Starts
with a capital and ends with some end punctuation.
nouns - Answer person, place, thing, or idea
proper nouns - Answer used to name a specific person, place, or thing. These begin
with a capital letter. Examples: Sarah, Los Angelas, Mars, Cafe Río
common nouns - Answer used to name non-specific people, places, or things.
Examples: house, dog, broom, happy
concrete nouns - Answer These refer to people or things that exist physically and that at
least one of the senses can detect. You can touch, smell, see, or hear them. Examples:
cat, desk, baby, bike
abstract nouns - Answer These have no physical existence. They refer to ideas,
emotions and concepts you cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. Example: love,
time, fear, freedom
plural nouns - Answer More than one of a noun. Examples: wombats, candies, mice
possessive nouns - Answer Expresses ownership. Examples: Blake's notebook, Alan's
sock, Makayla's fruit roll-up
pronouns - Answer Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his
adjectives - Answer Tells us more about a noun. Describes the noun. Examples: green
slow, five, stinky, tall, round
prepositions - Answer Words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their
relationship with other words in the sentence. Example: behind (the tree), across (Maple
Street), down (the stairs)
comparative adjectives - Answer Shows comparisons. Examples: older, safer, louder,
more beautiful
superlative adjectives - Answer Shows comparisons. Examples: oldest, safest, loudest,
most beautiful
verbs - Answer Words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a
sentence
linking verbs - Answer Verbs that don't show action. They link the subject to words or
groups of words that identify or describe the subject. Examples: grew (large), tasted
(delicious)
