8 Parts of Speech Flashcards

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Nouns

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A word that is a person, place, thing, animal or idea. (examples: teacher, cheetah, school year, season of fall)

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Pronouns

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A word that takes the place of a noun. (examples: she, he, they, I)

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Verb

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A word that gives a sentence action. (examples: walked, jogged, sped, clogged)

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Adverb

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A word that describes an adjective or verb. It tells you how, where, when, how often, or how much.
(examples: quickly, soon, always).

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Adjectives

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A word that describes a noun or a pronoun and makes reading more exciting.
(examples: big, small, ferocious)

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Conjunctions

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A word that connects words, phrases or clauses.
(examples: FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.. and more)

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Prepositions

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A word that tells time, place or position. Connecting words is its main mission.
(examples: before, beside,

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Interjection

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A word that expresses strong emotion. The word shows a spontaneous feeling.
(examples: wow, hey, yeah, ewww)

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