31 Best Parts Of Speech Questions and Answers (Q&A) - ProProfs Discuss

What is the name of the word that the pronoun stands for or refers to in a sentence?

Markda John
Answered: Jan 01, 2018

Mary is the antecedent of the sentence. The antecedent of a sentence is basically the subject. This is the noun that a pronoun replaces in a sentence, or in a following sentence. The pronouns...Read More

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Is it a clause or phrase: "This car's not working"?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Nov 27, 2018

The statement "This car's not working" is a clause.
A clause is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb. This means a clause has a subject and a...Read More

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What type of verb describes physical or mental action?

O. Bickis, Corporate employee
Answered: Feb 28, 2019

The answer to this is an action verb. The verb is something that is used in order to describe what a person or an object is doing. For example, the subject is reading. Reading is going to b...Read More

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What type of pronouns are me, them her, him, us? They usually belong in the predicate.

John Adney
Answered: Feb 14, 2017

This needs to be corrected to at least object. This answer should be objective, and the one before should be subjective. These are the correct terms and should at least be added to the possible...Read More

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What part of speech is 'excitedly' in the following sentence?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Adverb

Adverbs answer when, what, why, where, how much, and how many, questions to modify verbs. In this sentence, excitedly tells how the fans cheered.

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What are the kinds of verbs is, was and had when used alone?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Linking , linking verbs, linking verb

They simply link subject to predicate

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What type of noun cannot be perceived by the senses?

D.Anthonyda
Answered: Feb 06, 2018

The types of nouns that cannot be perceived by the senses are abstract nouns. In grammar, parts of speech refers to categories of words having similar properties as far as grammatical usage is...Read More

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What type of noun is always capitalized?

M. Klose, Content Writer
Answered: Feb 11, 2019

Common nouns are never capitalized. They always start with a lower-case letter. Proper nouns are always capitalized. They always start with an upper-case letter. Proper nouns are the nouns that...Read More

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What kind of adjectives are a, an, and the called?

John Adney
Answered: Mar 27, 2017

This quiz said i was wrong when i was right

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Is it a clause or phrase?

John Smith
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Phrase

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What part of speech substitutes for a noun or pronoun?

Wyatt Williams
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Pronoun

1 Answer

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How many parts of speech are there?

E.Ronald
Answered: Jan 03, 2018

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, adjective, and interjection. A noun is the name of a person, place, or thing. A...Read More

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What type of pronouns are me, them her, him, us? They usually belong in the predicate.

Wyatt Williams
Answered: Apr 25, 2024

Object , object pronouns, object pronoun

1 Answer

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What kind of prepositions are the phrases "according to, in addition to, and "because of"?

John Adney
Answered: Oct 19, 2017

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away.
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special.

Once bitten...Read More

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