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The Eight Parts of Speech

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 JEOPARDY!
Adjective Conjunction
Nouns Verbs Prepositions Pronoun /Interjection
/Adverb

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What is the definition of a
noun?

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 A noun is a naming word. It
names a person, place, thing,
idea, living creature, quality, or
action.

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What type of noun names a
specific person, place of
thing?

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Proper noun

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What type of noun names any
person, place thing or idea?

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Common noun

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 What type of noun names a
noun you can perceive with
one or more of your senses?

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Concrete noun

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 What type of noun can you not
perceive with one or more of your
senses?

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Abstract noun

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What is an action verb?

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They are used to show when
somebody does something.

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What are state-of-being verbs?

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State-of-being verbs are verbs
that state that something IS.

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What are helping
verbs?

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 Helping verbs are verbs that
are used in a verb phrase
(meaning, used with a second
verb) to show tense, or form a
question or a negative.

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 If you have a singular
subject, you must have
what type of verb?

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Plural

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What is an adjective?

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 Adjectives are words that
describe or modify another
person or thing (noun) in the
sentence

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List the three articles.

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a, an, and the

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 Adjectives have
degrees, what are the
three degrees?

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the positive, the comparative,
and the superlative

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 Christian music and
French fries are
examples of what type
of adjective

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Proper Adjectives

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What is an adverb?

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Adverbs are words that modify
a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb.

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What is the definition
of preposition?

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 A preposition describes a
relationship between other words
in a sentence.

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What is a prepositional
phrase?

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A prepositional phrase consists of
a preposition, a noun or pronoun
that serves as the object of the
preposition.

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 What are the two
primary things
prepositions can tell
you?

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Time and place

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 What is wrong with
this sentence?
“Where are you at?”

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You can’t end a
sentence with a
preposition.

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What is a phrasal verb?

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The combination of verb and
preposition.

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What is a pronoun?

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 Pronouns refer to a noun, an
individual or individuals or thing
or things (the pronoun's
antecedent) whose identity is
made clear earlier in the text.

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 What is the definition
of antecedent, when
referring to pronouns?

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The word the pronoun
is replacing.

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What are personal
pronouns?

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Personal pronouns stand for
persons or things

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What are the five
demonstrative
pronouns?

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this/that/these/those/such

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 What are the four
relative pronouns?

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who/whoever/which/that

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What is a conjunction?

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 A conjunction is a joiner, a
word that connects (conjoins)
parts of a sentence.

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What are the seven
coordinating
conjunctions?

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FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-
Yet-So

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What are interjections?

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Interjections are words or
phrases used to exclaim or
protest or command.

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Most interjections are
treated as
parenthetical
elements, and are set
of by what?

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Commas

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A forceful interjection,
is followed by what?

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Exclamation Point

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