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nOun

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is the name of a person place or thing or an idea,

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PrOnoUn

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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.

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verb

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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

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adjective

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an adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, an adjective tell what kind, how many or which one

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adverb

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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.

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preposition

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is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence. by, with, about, until.

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conjunction

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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.

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interjection

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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.

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article

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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

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