Parts of Speech

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Noun

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A person, place, thing, or idea

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Pronouns

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Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his

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Adjectives

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Tells us more about a noun; Describes the noun. Examples: green slow, five, stinky, tall, round

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Prepositions

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Words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their relationship with other words in the sentence. Example: behind (the tree), across (Maple Street), down (the stairs)

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Verbs

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Words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a complete sentence.

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Adverbs

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Tells more about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, how many, when.

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Conjunction

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Connects words and phrases; always followed by a comma
Remember FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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Interjections

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Expresses strong emotions. Followed by an exclamation point or a comma depending on the strength of emotion. Examples: Wow!, Yuck!, Yes, Holy cow!

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Conjunction

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Identify the Part of Speech:

I didn't go to the Balloon Festival BECAUSE it was too crowded.

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Adjective

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Identify the part of speech:

WHICH pair of shoes did you buy?