PARTS OF SPEECH

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What are conjunctions?

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Conjunctions are words that connect clauses, sentences, or words. Examples include 'for', 'and', 'nor', 'yet', and 'because'.

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What are interjections?

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Interjections are words that express emotions and are grammatically unrelated to the rest of the sentence. Examples include 'Wow!', 'Oh no!', and 'Hooray!'.

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What part of speech is the word 'excited' in the sentence: 'Wow, I actually won first place for the tenth grade writing contest and am really excited about it.'?

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The word 'excited' is an adjective.

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What are adverbs?

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Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, often ending in '-ly'. Examples include 'not', 'almost', 'too', and 'very'.

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What are nouns?

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Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, ideas, feelings, or qualities. Examples include 'dog', 'city', 'happiness', and 'freedom'.

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What is the function of adjectives?

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Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns, providing more detail about them. Examples include 'happy', 'blue', and 'tall'.

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What are pronouns?

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Pronouns are words that replace nouns in a sentence to avoid repetition. Examples include 'he', 'she', 'it', and 'they'.

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What is a preposition?

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A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. Examples include 'in', 'on', 'at', and 'between'.

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What is the role of verbs in a sentence?

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Verbs are action words that describe what the subject is doing. They can also indicate a state of being. Examples include 'run', 'is', and 'think'.

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What are articles?

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Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. The two types are definite ('the') and indefinite ('a', 'an').