1 Parts of Speech and Word Functions Free Online FlashCards

What does a noun do?

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and can function as a subject or object.

What is the role of a pronoun?

A pronoun stands in for a noun or noun phrase.

What does a verb express?

A verb expresses an action, event, or state and forms the center of a clause.

What does an adjective modify or describe?

An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, either before it or after a linking verb.

What kinds of words or structures can an adverb modify?

An adverb can modify a verb, adjective, another adverb, or sometimes a whole clause.

What relationship does a preposition help express?

A preposition combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that shows a relation such as place, time, or direction.

What does a conjunction connect?

A conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses.

What does an interjection express?

An interjection expresses a reaction, often outside the main sentence structure.

What do determiners do?

Determiners such as “a,” “the,” “this,” and “some” come before nouns and help specify or quantify them.

How does a part of speech differ from a sentence function?

A part of speech identifies a word’s grammatical class; a sentence function describes the job a word or group of words performs in a phrase or clause.

What distinguishes a phrase from a complete clause?

A phrase is a group of related words that functions as a unit but does not contain a complete subject–verb combination.

How do independent and dependent clauses differ?

A clause contains a subject and a verb. An independent clause can stand alone; a dependent clause cannot.