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Eight Parts of Speech
Verbs
A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being.
A verb can take on different forms depending upon its tense, number, person, and voice.
Tense: This indicates when the action takes place. The most common tenses are past, present, and future.
EXAMPLES:
“Edward eats the sandwich.”
(Simple Present)
“Edward has eaten the sandwich.” (Present Perfect)
“Edward ate the sandwich.” (Simple Past) “Edward had eaten the sandwich.”
(Past Perfect)
“Edward will eat the sandwich.” (Future)
“Edward will have eaten the sandwich.” (Future Perfect)
How?
“Teresa ran quickly.”
(Quickly modifies the verb ran) “The sky was bright blue.”
(Bright modifies the adjective blue) “Chuck ate very slowly.”
(Very modifies the adverb slowly) When?
“David worked out yesterday.” (Yesterday modifies the verb worked out)
“She often goes to the store.” (Often modifies the verb goes)
Number: This indicates whether a verb is singular or plural. Singular subjects must pair with singular verbs, and plural subjects must pair with plural verbs.
EXAMPLES:
Singular: “One person is running a race.” Plural: “Five people are running a race.”
Adverbs
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Adverbs describe the manner in which things are done. Adverbs answer several questions:
Where?
“Kenneth lives downstairs.”
(Downstairs modifies the verb lives)
“Elizabeth works downtown.” (Downtown modifies the verb works)
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