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A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, idea or feeling |
Noun |
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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun |
Pronoun |
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A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being |
Verb |
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An adjective is a word that describes or limits a noun or pronoun by telling which one, what kind and how many |
Adjective |
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An adverb is a word that describes or limits a verb, adjective, or another adverb and answers the questions how?, When? where? or to what extent? |
Adverb |
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A preposition is a word that joins or shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other words in a sentence. It always begins a prepositional phrase |
Preposition |
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An interjection is a word that expresses a strong or sudden emotion and has no grammatical relationship with the other words in the sentence |
Interjection |
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A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words of equal rank |
Conjunction |