Unit 2 Terms

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A Noun is. . .

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A person, place, thing or idea

Ex: Samantha plays soccer on the field

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A verb is

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an action or state of being

Ex: He runs

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An adjective is

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a word that describes a noun
ex: the fuzzy blanket

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An adverb is

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A word that describes how, when, or where the verb of the sentence is completed

Ex: He runs quickly

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A Synonym is

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A different word that means the same thing as another word

Ex: Kind and Nice

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An Antonym is

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A word that has an opposite meaning

Ex: Kind and Mean

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A Suffix is

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a letter or group of letters that cannot be divided that are added to the end of the word (e.g. -tion, -ance)

Ex: Quickly, -ly is added to the end of the adverb

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Parts of Speech are

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the grammatical category of a word

Ex: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

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A Prefix is

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a lettter or group of letters that cannot be divided that are added to the beginning of the word to change its meaning (e.g. re-, dis-, un-)

Ex: Unreliable Un- is added to the beginning to show it is the opposite

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A root word is

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a word part that comes from Greek or Latin and carries meaning; a meaningful segment of a word that cannot be broken apart, prefixes and suffixes are added to this to change its meaning

Ex: Chrono - means time