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Dive into the fundamental elements of language with nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. Understand how each part functions in constructing sentences. Get ready to enhance your linguistic skills!
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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.