Eight Parts of Speech Flashcards

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Noun

A

Person, place, thing or idea

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Pronoun

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takes the place of a noun

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Adjective

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  • describes noun pronoun
  • Which One? What kind? How Many? *
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Verb

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action on state of being
- am, is, are, was, were, be, been

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Adverb

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describes a verb, adjective and adverb
- How? Where? When? To what extent? (very)

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Conjunction

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FANBOYS > For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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Preposition

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introduce a phrase (prep _____(article/adj.)___ noun/pronoun)

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8
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Article

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noun
- A, an, the

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9
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Example

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The (article) small brown (adjectives) fox (noun) jumped (verb) quickly (adverb) over (prep.) the (article) fence (noun) and (conj.) into (prep.) my (pronoun) neighbor’s (adj.) yard (noun)

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