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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do adverbs describe?

<p>Adjectives (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do prepositions tell you in a sentence?

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

What are the two types of articles?

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

Which of the following is an example of an interjection?

<p>yippee (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What punctuation mark is always used after an interjection?

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

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

<p>alas (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of speech is used to express emotion?

<p>Interjection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Conjunction (D)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Verb (C)</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 (B)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Pronoun (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Adverb (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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