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Parts of Speech
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Noun
Definition: a person, place, thing, or idea
 Examples: house, family, gratitude, Mary, etc.
Concrete Noun: something you can touch;
tangible
Abstract Noun: something you can’t touch; an
idea
Proper Noun: a specific noun; a name or title
Important: Proper nouns are capitalized
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Pronoun
Examples: desk, jacket, wall, etc.
Examples: love, independence, fear,
etc.
Examples: Mr. Jones, San Francisco,
Mountain Dew etc.
Definition: takes the place of a noun
Examples: I, we, he, she, it they, etc.
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Adjective
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Verb
Definition: modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun
 Note: answers the questions which one?, how many? or what kind?
 Examples: blue, thirty, kind, scary, fast
 Articles: a, an, the
 Definition: shows action or state of being
Action Verb: shows action
 Note: Ask yourself, can someone or
something do this?
State of Being Verb: Any form of the verb be
Helping Verb: these verbs come before an
action verb to “help” it.
 Note: there is a specific list of words that
are helping verbs
Linking Verb: links the subject of the sentence
to the rest of the sentence; does not show
action
 Note: there is a specific list of words that
are linking verbs
Examples: sing, dance, cry, run, etc.
Examples: am, is, are, was, were,
be, being, been
Examples: is, am, are, was, were,
be, being, been, has, have, had, do,
does, did, will, shall, should, would,
can, could, may, might, must
Examples: any form of the verb
be; appear, feel, grow, look, prove,
remain, smell, sound, taste,
and turn
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Adverb
Definition: modifies (describes) verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
 Note: answers the questions when? or where?
 Examples: slowly, always, very, really, correctly, surprisingly, not, etc.
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Preposition
Definition: indicates location or a relationship
 Note: With prepositions, you just have to learn to recognize it; later in the year, you
will receive a longer list of prepositions.
 Examples: about, at, by, for, from, in, of, on, to, with, etc.
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Conjunction
Definition: connects words, phrases, and clauses
 Examples: FANBOYS— for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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Interjection
Definition: a word that shows emotion and is interjected into the sentence; it is not
related grammatically to anything else in the sentence.
 Note: To show a lot of emotion, use an exclamation mark. To show less emotion,
use a comma to connect to the sentence.
 Examples: Ouch! Wow! Bam! Yay! Wait!
 Wow, I didn’t expect that. vs. Wow! I didn’t expect that.