Mastering Closed Word Classes
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Which part of speech is a word that names a person, place, concept, or object?

  • Adjective
  • Pronoun
  • Noun (correct)
  • Verb
  • What are the two categories of nouns?

  • Countable nouns and uncountable nouns
  • Common nouns and proper nouns (correct)
  • Abstract nouns and concrete nouns
  • Collective nouns and compound nouns
  • Which part of speech are words that describe nouns?

  • Verbs
  • Adverbs
  • Prepositions
  • Adjectives (correct)
  • Which part of speech describes specific actions?

    <p>Verbs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do adverbs describe?

    <p>Adjectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do prepositions tell you in a sentence?

    <p>The relationships between words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two types of articles?

    <p>Definite and indefinite</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of an interjection?

    <p>yippee</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What punctuation mark is always used after an interjection?

    <p>exclamation mark</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT an example of a conjunction?

    <p>alas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of speech is used to express emotion?

    <p>Interjection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of speech connects two different parts of a sentence?

    <p>Conjunction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of speech is used to describe or provide more information about a noun or subject?

    <p>Adjective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of speech denotes an action being performed by the subject in a sentence?

    <p>Verb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of speech is more set in stone and includes pronouns, conjunctions, articles, and prepositions?

    <p>Pronoun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the eight parts of speech in the English language?

    <p>Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a word used in place of a noun called?

    <p>Pronoun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of speech describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb?

    <p>Adverb</p> Signup and view all the answers

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