Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech
INTERJECTIONSVERBSADJECTIVESNOUNS CONJUNCTIONSADV
ERBSPROUNOUNPREPOSITIONS
We will study these in a different order
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NOUN

• Definition- a word that names a person, place,
  thing, or idea
• Color - yellow
• Examples Mrs. Nye, girls, school, Willowbrook
  Mall, computer..
• Can be singular, plural, common, or proper

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PRONOUN

• Definition- a word that takes place of a noun
• Color- also yellow
• Examples he, she, it, we, us, they.

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VERB

• Definition- an action or state of being word
• Color - orange
• Examples- run, reads, think, talking, jumped, am,
  is , are.
• Can be past, present, or future tense (also
  includes helping verbs)

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COMPLETE SENTENCES MUST HAVE A

• subject (noun or pronoun) Who or what the
  sentence is about
• predicate (verb)
• What the subject is doing

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ADJECTIVE

• Definition- a word that describes or modifies a
  noun
• Color - blue
• Examples- blue, thirteen, this, funny, big..
• Articles, or noun markers, are special kinds of
  adjectives (red)

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ADVERB

• Definition- a word that modifies a verb,
  adjective, or other adverb
• Answers how, when, where, or why
• Color - purple
• Examples slowly, quickly, here, now, very,
  well..

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CONJUNCTION

• Definition a word that connects words, phrases,
  or sentences together
• Color - brown
• Examples and, or, but
• We will study both coordinating and subordinating
  conjunctions this year

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PREPOSITION

• Definition a word that shows relation between a
  noun and other words in the sentence
• Color - green
• Examples with, in, on, around, under, beside..
• Remember Preppie the squirrel ( the tree)

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INTERJECTION

• Definition a word that expresses strong feeling
  or emotion
• Color - white
• Examples Oh! Wow! Hooray!
• Good grief! Oh, no!.

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REMEMBER Parts of Speech
INTERJECTIONSVERBSADJECTIVESNOUNS CONJUNCTIONSADV
ERBSPROUNOUNPREPOSITIONS