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Parts of Speech. A NOUN 's the name of anything, As: school or garden, toy, or swing. It names:. a person. a place. a thing. an idea. Instead of nouns the PRONOUNS stand: Her head, his face, your arm, my hand. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
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A NOUN's the name of anything,As: school or garden, toy, or swing. It names: a person a place a thing an idea
Instead of nouns the PRONOUNS stand: Her head, his face, your arm, my hand. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand fora person, place, thing, or idea. • PRONOUNS may be: • Personal Pronouns • Indefinite Pronouns • Interrogative Pronouns • Demonstrative Pronouns
Pronouns Words used in place of one or more nouns - stand for a person place or thing:
ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun,As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown. The ADJECTIVE: • Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun: Did you lose your addressbook? Is that a wool sweater? Just give me five minutes. • Answers these questions: • Which? • What kind? • How many?
VERBS tell of something being done: To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. • It is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement. Action verbsexpress mental or physical action. He rode the horse. Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it. He has been sick.
How things are done the ADVERBS tell, As: slowly, quickly, badly, well. The ADVERB: • Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. He ran quickly. She left yesterday. We went there. It was toohot! • Answers the questions: • How? • When? • Where? • To what degree or how much?
CONJUNCTIONS join the words together,As: men and women, wind or weather. A conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words. and or but either/or neither/nor
The PREPOSITION stands beforeA noun as: in or through a door. • A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentenceas a noun. The word or word group that thepreposition introduces is itsobject. • Prepositions are words that specify place, direction or time. They received a postcard from Bobby telling about his tripto Canada. • The preposition never stands alone!
The INTERJECTION shows surpriseAs: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise! The INTERJECTIONis an exclamatory word that expresses emotion. Goodness! What a cute baby! Wow! Look at that sunset!