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    8 Parts of Speech

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    The document defines and provides examples of the 8 parts of speech in English: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Pronouns are used in place of nouns. Verbs express action or being. Adjectives modify nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Prepositions link nouns or pronouns to other words in a phrase. Conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses. Interjections express emotion.

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    The document defines and provides examples of the 8 parts of speech in English: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Pronouns are used in place of nouns. Verbs express action or being. Adjectives modify nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Prepositions link nouns or pronouns to other words in a phrase. Conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses. Interjections express emotion.

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    The document defines and provides examples of the 8 parts of speech in English: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Pronouns are used in place of nouns. Verbs express action or being. Adjectives modify nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Prepositions link nouns or pronouns to other words in a phrase. Conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses. Interjections express emotion.

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    8 PARTS OF SPEECH

    1. NOUN

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


    A noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are often used with an article
    (the, a, an), but not always. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do
    not. Nouns can be singular or plural, concrete or abstract. Nouns show possession by
    adding's. Nouns can function in different roles within a sentence; for example, a noun can be a
    subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, or object of a preposition.

    EXAMPLE:

    *The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
    disappeared. Oh my!

    2. PRONOUN

     A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.


    A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. A pronoun is usually substituted for a specific
    noun, which is called its antecedent. In the sentence above, the antecedent for the
    pronoun she is the girl. Pronouns are further defined by type: personal pronouns refer to
    specific persons or things; possessive pronouns indicate ownership; reflexive pronouns are used
    to emphasize another noun or pronoun; relative pronouns introduce a subordinate clause; and
    demonstrative pronouns identify, point to, or refer to nouns.

    EXAMPLE:

    *The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
    disappeared. Oh my!

    3. VERB

     A verb expresses action or being.


    The verb in a sentence expresses action or being. There is a main verb and sometimes one or
    more helping verbs. ("She can sing." Sing is the main verb; can is the helping verb.) A verb
    must agree with its subject in number (both are singular or both are plural). Verbs also take
    different forms to express tense.

    EXAMPLE:
    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she
    quickly disappeared. Oh my!

    4. ADJECTIVE

     An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.


    An adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a pronoun. It usually answers the
    question of which one, what kind, or how many. (Articles [a, an, the] are usually classified as
    adjectives.)

    EXAMPLE:

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
    disappeared. Oh my!

    5. ADVERB

     An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.


    An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, but never a noun. It
    usually answers the questions of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what
    degree. Adverbs often end in -ly.

    EXAMPLE:

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher,
    and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!

    6. PREPOSITION

     A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase


    modifying another word in the sentence.
    (by the tree, with our friends, about the book, until tomorrow)

    A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another
    word in the sentence. Therefore a preposition is always part of a prepositional phrase. The
    prepositional phrase almost always functions as an adjective or as an adverb. The following list
    includes the most common prepositions:

    EXAMPLE:
    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
    disappeared. Oh my!

    7. CONJUNCTION

     A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.

    A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and indicates the relationship between the
    elements joined. Coordinating conjunctions connect grammatically equal elements: and, but, or,
    nor, for, so, yet. Subordinating conjunctions connect clauses that are not equal: because,
    although, while, since, etc. There are other types of conjunctions as well.

    EXAMPLE:

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
    disappeared. Oh my!

    8. INTERJECTION

     An interjection is a word used to express emotion.


    An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation point.

    EXAMPLE:

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
    disappeared. Oh my!

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