Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Linguistics
Golden Item
Golden Item
100

It is a word that combines with a noun to show whether the noun is specific or general.

Article

100
Identify the adjectives that describe a thing, a person, or place. "Emma has a beautiful gown."

Beautiful

100

It is also called native language acquisition or mother tongue acquisition, which refers to the process through which infants and young children acquire their native language.

First Language Acquisition or L1

200

It is a word, phrase, or sound used to express a sudden feeling, emotion, or reaction.

Interjection

200

Identify the verb in the sentence; "The dog runs fast." 

Runs

200

A teacher asks a student why the word "brunch" exists. A student explains it combines elements of "breakfast" and "lunch". Which process in language is being identified?

Fusion

300

A part of speech that describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or a pronoun.

Adjective/s

300

It is a verb that connects the subject of a sentence to a word that describes or renames it, rather than showing a physical or mental action

Linking Verb

300

What is the actual spoken or written form of a morpheme?

Morph

400

A short word that connects a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun to another word in a sentence to show direction, location, time, or spatial relationships.

Preposition

400

Give the appropriate part of speech to be used in the sentence; "This is _____ renovation people have been talking about for years."

The

400

What is the smallest unit of meaning in a language?

Morpheme

500

This serves as a main word in the predicate of a sentence that expresses an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.

Verb

500

This type of conjunction connects a dependent clause to an independent clause, and illustrates relationships such as time, cause and effect, or condition.

Subordinating Conjunctions

500

This is the set of rules, principles, and structural patterns that dictate how words, phrases, and symbols are arranged to form well-formed sentences or code.

Syntax

500

In the 2nd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, how many obsolete words are included in it?

47, 156 words


500

The term for the actual utterances that externally manifest the language system in De Saussure's theory.

Parole