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English Grammar
Parts of Speech
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Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Word that names
A Person
An Idea
A Thing
A Place
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Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns boy
girl
Proper Nouns
John
Mary
Singular Nouns boy
girl
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’
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A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement “be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
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Every sentence must have
a
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Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express
mental or physical
action.
Linking verbs make a
statement by
connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to
victory. He has been sick.
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The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.
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Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Did you lose your address
book?
Answers these questions:
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Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions:
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too hot! To what degree or how much?
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Interrogative
Adverbs introduce questions
How did you break your
leg?
How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
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A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
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The preposition never stands alone!
object of
preposition
preposition object
can have more than
one object
object can have modifiers
You can press those leaves under glass.
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
It happened during the last examination.
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Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
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The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
or
but
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The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that sunset!
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