Elements of Language – Grade 7 – Chapter 12: Parts of Speech Overview – Flashcards
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a person, place, thing, or idea
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noun
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takes the place of a noun
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pronoun
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modifies a noun or a pronoun.
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adjective
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expresses an action or a state of being
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verb
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modifies a verb, an adjective, or adverb. A verb that express either physical or mental activity. Can come before, after, or between the words they modify. never an object
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adverb
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Where? How often? or How long? When? To what extent? How? Or how much?
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Adverbs that ask these commonly used questions
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away, here, inside, there, up, later, now, soon, then, tomorrow, clearly, easily, quietly, slowly,
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Words often used as adverbs
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always, usually, continuously, never, forever, briefly, almost, so, too, more, least, extremely, quite, very, not
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More words often uses as adverbs
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clearly, quiet, convincing
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Adjective + ly = Adverb
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daily, early, friendly, kindly, lonely, timely
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Adjective ending in -ly
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If is modifies noun or pronoun = and adjective. If it modifies a verb, adjective or an adverb = an adverb.
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Not sure if word is an adverb or adjective? Ask yourself what it modifies.
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a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. always has to be an object
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preposition
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aboard, before, for, off, toward, about, behind, from, on, under, above, below, in, out, underneath, across, beneath, in front of, out of, unlike, after, beside, inside, over, until, against, between, instead, past, up, along, beyond, into, since, up to, among, by, like, through, upon, around, down, near, throughout, with, as, during, next to, till, within, at, except, of to without
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commonly uses prepositions
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includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition, and any modifies of that object.
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prepositional phrase
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a verb that expresses a state of being. Connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject.
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linking verb
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am, were, will be, can be, is, has been, shall be, should be, are, have been, may be, would have, was, had been, might be, been
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Some forms of the verb Be. Be is not always a linking verb.
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appear, grow , seem, stay, become, look, smell, taste, feel, remain, sound, turn
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other linking verbs
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Also known as auxiliary verb. Helps the main verb express action or a state of being.
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Helping verb
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am, been, was, are, being, were, be, is
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Commonly used helping verbs - Forms of be
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do, does, did, have, has, had
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Commonly used helping verbs - Forms of do and have
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can, might, would, could, must, shall. may , will, should
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Commonly used helping verbs - other helping verbs
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A verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
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transitive verb
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A verb that expresses action (or tells something about the subject) without the action passing to a receiver, or object.
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intransitive verb
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word that joins words or word groups.
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conjuction
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and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet
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coordinating conjunctions
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pairs that join words or word groups that are used in the same way. Some are: both....and, not only....but also, either....or, whether....or, neither....nor.
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correlative conjunction
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expresses strong feeling or emotion
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interjection
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aha, my, ouch, wow, hey, oh, rats, yikes, hurray, oops, well, yippee
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Commonly used interjections
