Parts of Speech Quiz

Study Notes

Nouns:
- Proper nouns: names of specific people, places, or things (e.g. John, London, Amazon)
- Common nouns: general terms for things (e.g. dog, city, company)
- Collective nouns: groups of people, animals, or things (e.g. family, herd, team)
- Abstract nouns: ideas or feelings (e.g. happiness, freedom, love)
Verbs:
- Action verbs: express action or occurrence (e.g. run, eat, read)
- Linking verbs: connect subject to additional information (e.g. be, seem, appear)
- Helping verbs: used to help form tense, mood, or voice (e.g. will, would, shall)
Adjectives:
- Modify nouns or pronouns (e.g. big, happy, blue)
- Quantitative adjectives: express quantity (e.g. three, five, many)
- Demonstrative adjectives: point out specific nouns (e.g. this, that, these)
Adverbs:
- Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g. quickly, very, well)
- Manner adverbs: describe how something is done (e.g. quickly, loudly, wisely)
- Time adverbs: indicate when something happens (e.g. yesterday, tomorrow, soon)
Pronouns:
- Replace nouns in a sentence (e.g. he, she, it, they)
- Personal pronouns: replace nouns referring to people or animals (e.g. I, you, he)
- Possessive pronouns: show ownership (e.g. mine, yours, hers)

Independent clauses: complete sentences with a subject and predicate
Dependent clauses: cannot stand alone, often start with a subordinating conjunction (e.g. because, although, if)
Simple sentences: one independent clause
Compound sentences: two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction
Complex sentences: one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
Compound-complex sentences: multiple independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Present tense: describes an action happening now
Past tense: describes an action completed in the past
Future tense: describes an action that will happen in the future
Aspect:
- Simple aspect: action occurs at a specific time (e.g. I go to school)
- Progressive aspect: action is ongoing at a specific time (e.g. I am studying)
- Perfect aspect: action started in the past and continues up to the present (e.g. I have studied)

Nouns: classify into proper, common, collective, and abstract nouns
- Proper nouns: name specific people, places, or things (e.g. John, London, Amazon)
- Common nouns: general terms for things (e.g. dog, city, company)
- Collective nouns: groups of people, animals, or things (e.g. family, herd, team)
- Abstract nouns: ideas or feelings (e.g. happiness, freedom, love)

Action verbs: express action or occurrence (e.g. run, eat, read)
Linking verbs: connect subject to additional information (e.g. be, seem, appear)
Helping verbs: used to help form tense, mood, or voice (e.g. will, would, shall)

Adjectives: modify nouns or pronouns
- Quantitative adjectives: express quantity (e.g. three, five, many)
- Demonstrative adjectives: point out specific nouns (e.g. this, that, these)
Adverbs: modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
- Manner adverbs: describe how something is done (e.g. quickly, loudly, wisely)
- Time adverbs: indicate when something happens (e.g. yesterday, tomorrow, soon)

Personal pronouns: replace nouns referring to people or animals (e.g. I, you, he)
Possessive pronouns: show ownership (e.g. mine, yours, hers)
Pronouns: replace nouns in a sentence

Independent clauses: complete sentences with a subject and predicate
Dependent clauses: cannot stand alone, often start with a subordinating conjunction
Simple sentences: one independent clause
Compound sentences: two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction
Complex sentences: one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
Compound-complex sentences: multiple independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Present tense: describes an action happening now
Past tense: describes an action completed in the past
Future tense: describes an action that will happen in the future
Aspect:
- Simple aspect: action occurs at a specific time (e.g. I go to school)
- Progressive aspect: action is ongoing at a specific time (e.g. I am studying)
- Perfect aspect: action started in the past and continues up to the present (e.g. I have studied)