parts of speech Flashcards
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nOun
is the name of a person place or thing or an idea,
PrOnoUn
a word used in place of a noun, she, he, it they.
a pronoun may take the place of the name of a person, place or thing.
verb
a verb expresses action or being, they tell what action someone or something is doing, a verb can also be a description a state of being
adjective
an adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, an adjective tell what kind, how many or which one
adverb
modifies or describes a verb, and adjective or another adverb, it usually answers the question of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree.
preposition
is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence. by, with, about, until.
conjunction
joins words, phrases or clauses, and, but, or, while.
this indicated the relationship between the elements joined. joins single words or groups of words in a sentence.
interjection
a word used to express emotion. it is often followed by an exclamation point. wow! Ouch! it can be a single word or a phrase.
article
the words, a, an and the belong to a special group of adjectives called articles. they can be used before a noun in a sentence