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Eight Parts of Speech
1. Nouns
Describe people, places, things, events, ideas, etc.
There are different types of nouns:
Common Nouns
refer to places, people, ideas, or things.
Example:
ocean, book, storm
Proper Nouns
refer to particular people, places, or things.
Example:
Massachusetts, Adam
2. Pronouns
Used to replace nouns, modifiers, or other pronouns.
Nominative Case:
for the subject of a sentence or clause.
Example:
they, he, she
Possessive Case:
shows ownership.
Example:
his, hers
Objective Case:
receives action, or is after a preposition.
Example:
They sold
him
a damaged book.
3. Verbs
Show actions, states of being, or events.
Example words:
(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must, walk
(walked, will walk)
4. Adverbs
Used to describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Usually end in -ly.
Answer five questions:
What, Where, How, Why andWhen.
Example:
She worked
quickly
to finish her assignment. (“Quickly”
describes the verb “worked.”)
5. Prepositions
Describe relationships between words in a sentence.
Words:
to, at, after, on, but across, toward, up, down, in, under, over, against,
during, for
Example:
The ball landed
between
the house and the river.
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