Parts of speech Flashcards

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verbs

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Verbs are words that express actions, states of being, or occurrences, forming the core of a sentence by indicating what the subject is doing.

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adverbs

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An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, another adverb, or even a whole sentence, providing context about how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

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adjectives - descriptive and proper

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An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, providing details about qualities, characteristics, or attributes

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common nouns

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A common noun refers to a general, non-specific person, place, thing, or idea.

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proper nouns

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A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea, always capitalized in English.

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abstracts nouns

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abstract nouns are words representing intangible concepts, ideas, or emotions.

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prepositions

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A preposition is a word that shows “in, on, above ,etc.

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pronouns

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Pronouns are words that replace nouns, like “he,” “she,” “it,” “they,” and “you.

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definite articles

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a definite article, like “the,” is used to specify a particular noun or group of nouns.

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indefinite articles

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a determiner ( a and an in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is non-specific.

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