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    Parts of Speech

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    This document defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Nouns name people, places or things. Pronouns take the place of nouns. Adjectives describe nouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Prepositions show relationships between words. Conjunctions connect words and phrases. Interjections express emotions. The document also provides an example of identifying parts of speech in a tweet.

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    This document defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Nouns name people, places or things. Pronouns take the place of nouns. Adjectives describe nouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Prepositions show relationships between words. Conjunctions connect words and phrases. Interjections express emotions. The document also provides an example of identifying parts of speech in a tweet.

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    This document defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Nouns name people, places or things. Pronouns take the place of nouns. Adjectives describe nouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Prepositions show relationships between words. Conjunctions connect words and phrases. Interjections express emotions. The document also provides an example of identifying parts of speech in a tweet.

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    Eight parts of speech

    Noun
    A noun is a word that identifies the name of a person, place or thing. A noun may be common or proper.

    A common noun is a word which identifies

    any person, place or thing. A proper noun identifies a specific person, place or thing such as a person's name (George), a specific place (Washington, D. C.), or specific thing (The Washington Monument).

    Pronoun
    A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Pronouns are used to substitute for nouns in order to prevent redundancy in using the noun and to make reading more interesting. Examples

    I, you, we, he, she, it

    Adjective
    An adjective is a word that modifies nouns and pronouns. Adjectives answer the questions

    which one?

    what kind?
    how many? and whose?

    Examples: beautiful, happy, smart, cool

    Verb
    A verb is a word that identifies action, existence, or state of being. Examples run, jump, eat, pray, love

    Adverb
    An adverb is a word that modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adverbs answer the questions

    when? where? why? how? how often? in what manner? under what condition? yes or no?

    Examples quietly, quickly, questionably

    Preposition
    A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. The most common prepositions are of, for, with, by, and to. I like to think of the word position in preposition. A preposition tells you the position in which the noun is performing the action Example: I ate lunch by the courtyard.

    Conjunction
    A conjunction is a word that connects two or more words, phrases, or clauses. The most common conjunctions are FANBOYS

    For And Nor But Or Yet So

    Interjection

    An interjection is a word that expresses a command or sudden emotion such as


    Stop! Run! Help! Drat! Phooey!

    It can be punctuated on its own with an exclamation point, or it can be joined to a sentence with a comma. Interjections are the only part of speech that can stand alone without being considered a fragment.

    Tweet ASSIGNMENT
    For the unit 1 post-test, you will be asked to tweet about your experience with online learning AND identify the parts of speech in your tweet. Here is an example WOW! (interjection) This (adjective) class (noun) amazes (verb) me (pronoun). Now its your turn!!

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