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9 Parts of Speech

Terms in this set (9)

noun
-the name of a person, place, thing, or idea...

Examples: Homer Simpson, doctor, Alberta, monkey, love
pronoun
-words that take the place of nouns...

Examples: he, she, it, they, we, us, mine, his
verb
-words that show action, or a state of being...

Examples: eat, think, is, would be
adjective
-words that describe a noun...

Examples: brave, clever, blue, smart
article
-words that define a noun as specific ("the") or nonspecific ("a", "an"). Also "some" or "any".
adverb
-a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often showing HOW. Usually ends in "ly".

Examples: softly, wisely, easily
preposition
-words that usually precede a noun and show the relationship between the noun and another part of the sentence (especially in relation to time or space)

Examples: in, on, at, since, after, before, as, to, behind.
conjunction
-Joining words that "join" words or groups of words together in a sentence.

Examples: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
interjection
-words that express emotion, and are usually marked by an exclamation mark!!

Examples: Oops! Oh! Ouch! Help! OMG!
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