Study Language 055

Question 1

Common nouns

Answer 1

Generic names for people, places, and things. Not usually capitalized.

Question 2

Proper nouns

Answer 2

Name specific people, places, or things. All proper nouns are capitalized.

Question 3

Pronouns

Answer 3

Words that are used to stand in for nouns.

He/she
Him/her
They/them

Question 4

Verbs

Answer 4

Word or group of words that indicates action or being.

Question 5

Action verb

Answer 5

Show what the subject is doing

Shows actions.

Question 6

Linking verbs

Answer 6

Link the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun.

Question 7

verb tense

Answer 7

Property of a verb that indicates when the action being described takes place.