Parts of Speech Quiz

Nouns: Names of people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., dog, city, happiness).
- Types: Proper nouns (specific names) and common nouns (general names).
Pronouns: Replace nouns (e.g., he, she, it, they).
- Types: Personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative.
Verbs: Express actions or states of being (e.g., run, is).
- Types: Action verbs, linking verbs, auxiliary (helping) verbs.
Adjectives: Describe or modify nouns (e.g., blue, quick).
- Comparative and superlative forms (e.g., taller, tallest).
Adverbs: Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., quickly, very).
- Often end in -ly.
Prepositions: Show relationships between nouns/pronouns and other words (e.g., in, on, at).
- Common prepositional phrases (e.g., in the park).
Conjunctions: Connect words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or).
- Types: Coordinating, subordinating, correlative.
Interjections: Express strong emotions or sudden bursts of feeling (e.g., wow!, ouch!).

Simple Sentence: Contains a subject and a predicate (e.g., The cat sleeps).
Compound Sentence: Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., I like tea, but she likes coffee).
Complex Sentence: An independent clause and one or more dependent clauses (e.g., Although it was raining, we went for a walk).
Compound-Complex Sentence: At least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses (e.g., Though I was tired, I finished my homework, and I went to bed).

Present Tense: Describes actions happening now (e.g., She walks).
- Simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous forms.
Past Tense: Describes actions that happened in the past (e.g., She walked).
- Simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous forms.
Future Tense: Describes actions that will happen (e.g., She will walk).
- Simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous forms.

Subject-Verb Agreement: Subjects and verbs must agree in number (singular/plural).
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement: Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in number, gender, and person.

Run-on Sentences: Two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation.
Fragments: Incomplete sentences lacking a main clause.
Misplaced Modifiers: Descriptive phrases that are incorrectly positioned in a sentence.
Dangling Participles: Modifiers that do not clearly refer to the word they are intended to modify.

Nouns: Represent people, places, things, or ideas; can be proper (e.g., John) or common (e.g., city).
Pronouns: Substitutes for nouns; types include personal (e.g., he), possessive (e.g., his), reflexive (e.g., myself), demonstrative (e.g., this), interrogative (e.g., who), and relative (e.g., who).
Verbs: Indicate actions or states; categories include action verbs (e.g., run), linking verbs (e.g., is), and auxiliary verbs (helping verbs).
Adjectives: Modify nouns with descriptors; can form comparative (e.g., taller) and superlative (e.g., tallest) variations.
Adverbs: Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs; frequently end with -ly (e.g., quickly).
Prepositions: Express relationships between nouns/pronouns and other elements; often form phrases (e.g., in the park).
Conjunctions: Link words, phrases, or clauses; types include coordinating (e.g., and), subordinating (e.g., although), and correlative (e.g., either...or).
Interjections: Convey strong emotions or sudden feelings (e.g., wow, ouch).

Simple Sentence: Consists of a subject and predicate (e.g., The cat sleeps).
Compound Sentence: Contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., I like tea, but she likes coffee).
Complex Sentence: Features an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses (e.g., Although it was raining, we went for a walk).
Compound-Complex Sentence: Comprises at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses (e.g., Though I was tired, I finished my homework, and I went to bed).

Present Tense: Describes current actions; includes simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms (e.g., She walks).
Past Tense: Refers to actions that occurred in the past; includes similar forms (e.g., She walked).
Future Tense: Indicates actions that will occur; includes various forms (e.g., She will walk).

Subject-Verb Agreement: Requires consistency in number (singular/plural) between subjects and verbs.
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement: Involves matching pronouns with their antecedents in number, gender, and person.

Run-on Sentences: Occur when independent clauses are improperly joined without punctuation.
Fragments: Incomplete sentences lacking a main clause.
Misplaced Modifiers: Phrases that are improperly positioned, causing confusion.
Dangling Participles: Modifiers that are unclear in terms of what they are modifying.