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Noun

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A noun is a person place or thing. Eg. Person girl. Place home. Thing table.

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Adjective

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An adjective is a describing word. An adjective describes nouns or pronouns. Eg. My sister is short. Short is the adjective

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Verb

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A verb is a doing word. A verb can tell what someone is doing. Eg. I’m running the 100m soon.

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Pronoun

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A pronoun is used in place of a noun. Eg. I, you, me

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Article

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The words a, an and the belong to a special group of adjectives called articles. Eg. A dog, An apple, The girl.

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Adverb

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An adverb describes a verb. Eg. I was running quickly.

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Preposition

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A preposition combines with a noun or pronoun. Eg. From, to, until, over, with.

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Conjunction

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A conjunction joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence. Eg. And, but however.

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Interjection

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An interjection expresses strong feeling or emotion. Eg. Help! Ahhhh!

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Proper noun

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A specific person, place or thing. Eg. Mary, Lowa, Disneyland

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Common Noun

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A general person, place or thing. Eg.girl, state, park

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Compound noun

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Two or more words that create one noun.Eg.toothpaste, six-pack, post office

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Countable Noun

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Can be counted. Eg. dolphin, mile, book

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Uncountable Noun

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Cannot be counted. Eg. junk, freedom, sand

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Collective Noun

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Group of things. Eg. family, herd, team

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Concrete Noun

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Can be seen, felt, heard, smelled or tasted

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Abstract Noun

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Cannot be seen, felt, heard, smelled or tasted