Parts of speech

What are the eight parts of speech?

• Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles

• Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners

• Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, articles

• Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Which part of speech describes nouns?

• Nouns

• Pronouns

• Adjectives

• Verbs

What is the correct order of adjectives?

• Opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, colour, origin, material, type, purpose

• Opinion, size, shape, physical quality, age, colour, origin, material, type, purpose

• Opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, origin, colour, material, type, purpose

• Opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, colour, origin, material, purpose, type

What are modal verbs used for?

• To describe actions

• To show capability, possibility, or necessity

• To connect clauses or words

• To describe adjectives

Which part of speech describes adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs?

• Nouns

• Pronouns

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

What do prepositions indicate?

• The relationship between words in a sentence

• The action being performed

• The description of a noun

• The tense of a verb

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

What are the coordinating conjunctions?

• For, and, nor, but, or yet, so

• For, and, not, but, or yet, so

• For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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Which article limits the meaning of a noun to one particular thing?

• A

• An

• The

• None of the above

What is the indefinite article used for?

• To refer to a specific thing

• To refer to a general thing

• To refer to a person

• To refer to a place

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

What is the purpose of pronouns?

• To describe nouns

• To connect clauses or words

• To replace nouns or noun phrases

• To indicate time or location