Parts of Speech

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What is a noun?

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A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: cat, city, happiness.

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What is a verb?

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A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being. Examples: run, is, think.

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What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun. Examples: blue, quick, tall.

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What is an adverb?

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An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in -ly. Examples: quickly, very, well.

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they.

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What is a conjunction?

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A conjunction is a word that connects clauses or sentences or coordinates words in the same clause. Examples: and, but, or.

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What is an interjection?

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An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or surprise. Examples: wow, ouch, hey.

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What is an article?

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An article is a word that defines a noun as specific or unspecific. Examples: the (definite), a/an (indefinite).

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Identify the function of 'quickly' in the sentence: 'The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.'

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'Quickly' is an adverb modifying the verb 'delivered'.

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Identify the function of 'ran' in the sentence: 'Several cats ran into Rob’s garage.'

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'Ran' is a verb indicating the action performed by the subject 'cats'.