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noun

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word used to name a person, place, or thing

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pronouns (10)

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word used in place of one or more nouns/pronouns. (I, she, myself, himself, whose, that, whom?, all, each, several)

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adjectives

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a word used to modify a noun/pronoun by telling kind, which one, amount. (gray, low, that, those, many, five, either)

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verbs

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words being used to show action or state of being. (run, jump, think, remember)

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linking verbs

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connects subject to a word. (be, being, am, is, are, was, shall be, had bee, have been, has been)

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helping verb

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works together with verb to make a complete verb phrase. (has, have, had, shall, will, can, do, might, would, should)

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adverbs

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word used to modify a verb/adj/another adverb; where, when, how, to what extent. (there, exactly, almost, completely, weekly, exceptionally, quickly)

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preposition

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word used to show the relationship of
a noun/pronoun to some other word in a sentence. (aboard, about, above, across, in spite of, according to, in front of, behind, amid, among)

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conjunctions (coordinating)

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word used to join words/group of words. (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

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conjunctions (correlatiVe)

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either, neither, both, not only, wether

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interjection

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word used to express emotion

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