Parts of Speech
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Brittany_M_Plyler on September 28, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nouns | A person, place, thing or an idea |
| Common Noun | It's a common name, like a desk and is not capitalized |
| Proper Noun | A specific name like Brittany and is capitalized |
| Noun of Direct Address | Directly addressing you. |
| REMEMBER!!!! | There are 8 parts of speech! |
| Grammar | A way of thinking about a language |
| Collective or Group Noun | A whole group of things together being talked about as one thing |
| Singular Noun | Refers to one noun |
| Plural Nouns | Referring to more than one |
| Regular Nouns | If it ends in a consonant add 's' (exception: x, s, sh, or ch (for these add 'es')) |
| Compound Noun | A noun that is obe thing but it made up of two or more words |
| Concrete Noun | Is anything that can touch you or you can touch it |
| Abstract Noun | An idea |
| REMEMBER!!!! | There are 4 parts of Grammar |
| Adjective | A word that expresses an attribute of something |
| Verb | Expresses action or condition of a person, place, or thing |
| Adverb | A word that modifies something other than a noun |
| Pronoun | A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase |
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