Parts of Speech
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 proper noun | names a particular person, place, thing or idea. |
| common noun | names any person, place, thing or idea. |
| adjective | describes, or modifies, a noun or pronoun. It may come before or after the word it modifies. |
| adverb | a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Usually supplies one of three types of information about a verb- how, where or when. |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of one or more nouns and the words that go with the nouns. |
| preposition | a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence. These words cannot stand alone in a sentence. They come before a noun or pronoun. |
| conjunction | a word that joins a word or groups of words in a sentence. These include and, but, and or. |
| linking verb | a verb that links the subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate. These verbs do not show action. Common ones include, is, be, was, am, feel, are, were, been, seem. |
| action verb | a word that expresses action. It tells what the subject of the sentence does or did. |
| helping verb | helps the main verb show an action. By itself, a helping verb cannot show action. Common ones include am, are, is, was, were, will, would, be, being, been, may, might, must. |
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