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What are the 8 parts of speech?
1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Verb
4. Adverb
5. Adjective
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things
Nouns
What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?
Proper Nouns: refers to a specific person, place, or thing. (Upper case words)
Example: Harry, Universal Studios, New York
*Common Noun: a general person, place, or thing. (Lower case words)
Example: boy, park, state
What is an interrogative pronoun?
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions
Example: Who, Whom, Whose, Which, What
A word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase
Pronoun
What is the difference between a concrete and an abstract noun?
Concrete Nouns: refers to people and things that exist physically and can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted.
Example: building, coffee, beach
*Abstract Nouns: ideas, qualities, feelings, emotions, and conditions. These things cannot be seen or touched.
Example: truth, danger, happiness, friendship, wisdom, fear
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
Demonstrative pronouns point to specific people, places, things, ideas.
Examples: this, that, these, those
What is a collective noun?
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A Collective Noun is a word that refers to a group
It can either be singular or plural, but is usually used in the singular.
Examples: Team, staff, pack, bundle
What is a relative pronoun?
Relative pronouns are used to link/connect a phrase or clause to a noun or pronoun.
Who (The driver who ran the stop sign was speeding)
That (This is the movie that everyone is watching)
Which (The bag which is out of stock, is now discontinued)
Whom (Our grandparents, whom we love dearly, bought us gifts.
Whose( I have a neighbor whose dog is friendly)
What is a compound noun?
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Two or more words that create a noun. They can be written as one word, joined by a hyphen, or written as separate words.
Examples: son-in-law, credit card, rainfall, social studies