Parts of speech

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Noun

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• Definition: A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Examples: dog, city, happiness.

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Pronoun

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• Definition: A word that takes the place of a noun.

• Examples: he, she, it, they, them.

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Verb

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• Definition: A word that expresses an action or state of being.

• Examples: run, jump, is, have.

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Adjective

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Definition: A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

• Examples: red, large, beautiful.

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Adverb

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• Definition: A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Often ends in -ly.

• Examples: quickly, very, quietly.

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Preposition

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• Definition: A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence.

• Examples: in, on, at, between, over.

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Conjunction

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• Definition: A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.

• Coordinating: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS).

• Subordinating: because, although, when, since.

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Interjection

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• Definition: A word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation.

• Examples: wow!, ouch!, hooray!, hey!