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Nouns

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Person, place, thing, animal, idea= ball, desk store

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Verbs

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Action words= jump, talk, sing

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Adverbs

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Tell when, where, or how an action takes place= slowly, soon, quickly

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Adjectives

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Describes nouns or pronoun= big, gorgeous, red

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Pronouns

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Takes the place of a noun= they, him, she

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Conjunctions

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Brings words, phrases, or clauses together= for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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Interjections

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Show strong emotion= hey! stop! yay!

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Preposition

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Tells the time or position of something= on, above, around, during

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Common Nouns

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Not capitalized an not specific= ball, desk, store

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Proper Nouns

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Capitalized and specific= Ms. Dulaney, walmart, nike

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Abstract Nouns

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A noun that you can’t see, touch, taste, hear, or smell= love, hunger, fear

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Concrete Nouns

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A noun that you can touch and see= food, dog, desk

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Compound Nouns

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Made up of more than one word= grocery store, teacher desk, shopping cart

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