DGP 17, Parts of Speech

Front

Part of speech: person, place, thing, or idea.

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Noun

Front

Part of speech showing action or state of being.

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Verb

Front

In grammar, MODIFY means:

Back

to describe or change

Front

Part of speech that indicates where, when, how, or to what extent, modifying adjectives, verbs, and itself.

Back

Adverb

Front

Modifies nouns; includes A, AN, THE.

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Adjective

Front

This part of speech shows relationships between words, indicating where and when. Example: THE FROG WAS JUMPING ______ THE LOG.

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Preposition

Front

Joins words, phrases, and clauses. _______________ junction, what's your function?

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Conjunction

Front

This part of speech replaces an antecedent.

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Pronoun

Front

Part of speech added to show excitement or emotion, not part of subject or predicate.

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Interjection

Front

Identify the verb in: "In the men's department, we bought ties, shirts, and socks."

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bought