Parts of speech Flashcards

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Noun

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a word that names a person,place,thing or idea.
ex.finesse,education,school,New York,Teacher.
The___________

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Pronoun

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word used in place of a noun

ex. I,her,him,it,that,these,she,he

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Adjective

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a word that describes a noun or pronoun
ex. colorful,odious,incessant,joyful,loud
The_________truck

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Verb

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a word that shows action or state of being
ex.talk,jump,scream,run is,am,are
verbs change when the tense changes

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Adverb

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a word that describes a verb adjective or other adverb

ex.slowly carefully,incessantly

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Preposition

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show the relationship between a noun or pronoun to another word
ex.to,over,in and between
the ran________there

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Conjunction

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a word that connects words,groups of words, and sentences

ex.for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so

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Interjection

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a word that expresses surprise or strong felling separate from the sentence
ex.WOW!,HEY!

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