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Parts of Speech. The 8. Nouns. A person, place, thing, or idea Examples: desk Lindblom puppy democracy. Pronouns. A word that takes the place of a noun Examples: she them ours it. Verbs. An action or state of being Examples: jog been write kill. Adjectives. Modify nouns
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Parts of Speech The 8
Nouns A person, place, thing, or idea Examples: • desk • Lindblom • puppy • democracy
Pronouns A word that takes the place of a noun Examples: • she • them • ours • it
Verbs An action or state of being Examples: • jog • been • write • kill
Adjectives Modify nouns Examples: • Crafty (The crafty dog escaped again!) • content • excellent • ambitious
Adverbs Modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs Examples: • feebly • fearlessly • soon • rapidly
Conjunctions A word that connects other words, clauses, phrases, or sentences. Examples: FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Other conjunction examples: because, moreover, therefore, however
Prepositions Used before a noun or pronoun to express a relation to another word or phrase in the sentence. Examples: • under • around • within • after The blanket was on the couch.
Interjections An exclamatory expression of emotion. Examples: • Geez! • Ughhh! • Hooray! • Wow!
Activity • Look at the following words. With a partner, create a sentence with the words. Label the parts of speech for each word in your sentence.