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1.2 Parts of Speech

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Question 1
1.

A noun names a person, place, or thing.

Question 2
2.

Common nouns name anyone of a class of person, place, or thing.

Question 3
3.

Proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are never capitalized.

Question 4
4.

Plural Nouns show ownership.

Question 5
5.

Verbs express action, condition, or state of being

Question 6
6.

Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns.

Question 7
7.

A pronoun gets its meaning from the noun it stands for. The nouns is called the antecedent.

Question 8
8.

Conjunctions connect words or groups or words.

Question 9
9.

Interjections show strong emotions and are usually set off with an exclamation point or a comma.

Question 10
10.

All adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective.

Below you are given two choices. Type the correct answer.
Question 11
11.

Proper adjectives are formed from [ common nouns, proper nouns].

Question 12
12.

The three articles are a, an, and [the, then].

Question 13
13.

Corrleative conjunctions link similar words or word groups, but they are always used
[ in pairs, one at a time].

Question 14
14.

Collective nouns [name groups, show ownership]

Question 15
15.

[Yours, Herself] is a possessive pronoun.

Question 16
16.

[Helping verbs, Linking verbs] join the subject and the predicate.

Question 17
17.

Helping verbs, which are added to another verb to make the meaning cleare, can include any form of [to be, to see].

Identify the correct part of speech in the sentences below.
Question 18
18.

The outside of the boat needs scraping.

Question 19
19.

You should scrape the boat without outside help.

Question 20
20.

Let's sit outside and laugh at you as you work in the blazing sun.

Question 21
21.

The ambulance is parked outside the yard, next to the beehive.

Question 22
22.

The poilitician repented of his past mistakes.

Question 23
23.

Turn right past the store with the neon sign in the window.

Question 24
24.

Did you hear that song before ?

Question 25
25.

The remark went right through one ear and out the other.