Parts Of Speech Flashcards

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Whats a pronoun ?

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A word used in place of a noun

Examples: i , her , him , it , that, these ,she ,he

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Whats a noun ?

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A word that names a person place or idea

Examples: finesse,education,school,newyork,teacher

Helpful reminder : The____________

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Whats an adjective ?

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A word that describes or gives information about a noun or a pronoun

Examples : colorful ,odious, incessant , joyful , loud

Helpful reminder : the _________ truck

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Whats a verb ?

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A word that describes action or a state of being

Examples : talk , jump , scream , run ,is, am, are

Helpful reminder : verbs change when in the past or present tense

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Whats an adverb ?

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A word that describes a verb adjective or other adverbs and slowly tells when where how or to what extent

Examples : slowly carefully incesstantly

Helpful reminder : often ends in ly

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Whats a preposition ?

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Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

Examples : to , over , under ,at , between , in

Helpful reminder : the squirrel ran _____ tree

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Whats a conjuction ?

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A word that connects a word or a group of words or a sentence

Examples : for , and nor , but , or , yet , so

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Whats an interjection ?

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A word that expresses surprise or a strong feeling

Examples : wow

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