Parts of Speech
Terms
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- intransitive verb
- cannot take on direct object
- personal pronouns
- i, me, he, we, they, it, etc.
- abstract nouns
- any noun that escapes your five sentences (bravery,
- relative pronoun
- used to introduce clauses in sentences (that who which, whose, whom, etc.)
- indefinite pronoun
- does not refer to a specific person, place, or thing (both, few, many, others, all, any, none, etc.)
- adverb
- words used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
- preposition
- indicates location or time
- coordinating conjunctions
- connects words, phrases and clauses that have equal grammatical value (FANBOYS)
- linking verb
- connect subject to additional information
- collective nouns
- names groups composed of members (army, audience, board)
- adjective
- words used to modify a noun
- transitive verb
- incomplete w/out direct object
- subordinating conjunctions
- connects elements with different gramatical functions and always use semi colons (however, moreover, nevertheless, therefore)
- demonstrative pronoun
- this that these those
- auxiliary verb
- combines with another verb to help form tense (to have, to be, to do, will, shall, would, should, can, may, might, could)