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Pax Language: Grammar
Parts of Speech
Parts of
Speech
1.Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Verbs
4. Adjectives
5.Adverbs
6. Prepositions
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections
Definitions
Types
Examples
Word that names a thing, person,
animal, place, and objects ; substances,
qualities, actions and measures of time
or quantity.
Word that substitutes for a noun.
1. common noun (the …, a …, an …)
2. proper noun (Capitalized)
1: table, girl, cat, house
2: water, intelligence, mistake,
day, meter
1. personal pronouns
2. compound personal pronouns
3. interrogative pronouns
4. demonstrative pronouns
5. indefinite pronouns
6. relative pronouns
1. I, her, my, theirs
2. myself, yourselves
3. Who? Whose? Which?
4. This, these, that, those
5. somebody, few, neither
6. who, that, which
Word expressing action, or making a
statement.
Most important part of a sentence.
Word that modifies a noun or pronoun
A: action vs. linking verbs
B: principal vs. auxiliary verbs
A : to run / to be
B: runs / has been running
Includes articles: definite and indefinite
Word that modifies a verb, an
adjective or another adverb
Word that shows relationship between
certain words in a sentence
Word that connects other words or
groups of words
Word that expresses strong feeling or
sudden emotion
Usually an independent element
Answers: when, where, how, in what
manner, to what extent
Sometimes leads a prepositional phrase
Atrocious, red, five.
The, a, an
Sometimes, always, diligently,
very, slowly
Above, after, against, during,
except, for, to, with
And, or, but
1. words that are always nterjections
2. words that can be used as
interjections
3. words expressing sounds
1. Alas! Hey! Bah! Oh! Pshaw!
2. Heavens! Good!
3. Whew! Um! Humph!