Parts of Speech Flashcards
1
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person, place, thing, event, or idea. Often subjects and objects of sentences
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Noun
2
Q
used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
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Verb
3
Q
modifies a verb, adjectives, or adverbs
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Adverbs
4
Q
words that modify nouns or pronouns
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adjectives
5
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A word that takes the place of an refers back to a noun
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Pronouns
6
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words, when couples with other words or pronouns, create a phrase to modify another word; almost act as adjectives or adverbs
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Prepositions
7
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a term which joins words, phrases, or clauses
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conjunctions
8
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words or phrases used to show an exclamation or a dispute or give a command
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interjections
