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Parts of Speech:
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
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noun [ nown ]
naming word: a word or group of words used as the name of a class of
people, places, or things, or of a specific person, place, or thing .
Proper Nouns and Common Nouns
Proper nouns are nouns that represent a unique entity (like a specific
person or a specific place).
Common nouns which describe an entire group of entities (examples
would be the nouns village or women).
Proper nouns as a general rule are capitalized in the English language.
Common nouns as a general rule are not capitalized.
Sometimes the same word can function as both a common noun and a
proper noun, where one such entity is special. For example the common
noun god refers to all deities, while the proper noun God specifically
refers to the monotheistic God.
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Verbs are perhaps the most important part of
speech in the English language. You can't do or
be anything unless a verb lets you. Verbs are
everywhere, and it's about time you got to
know them with this list of verbs of many
types.
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What is a verb?
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A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
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As you can see from that definition, there are two main categories
of verbs: action verbs and state of being verbs (also known as
linking verbs).
Because action verbs and linking verbs are strong enough to be
used in sentences all by themselves, they are called main verbs.
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I love cheese. I turned the page. (action verbs)
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I am a teacher. I turned green. (linking verbs)
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The reason that these guys don't get any of the
fame that action and linking verbs get is because
they don't stand alone as main verbs.
Helping verbs are always helping either an action
verb or a linking verb.
I will play the piano. (helping verb and action
verb)
I will be a teacher. (helping verb and linking verb)
Action verb with no helping verb
I ate five pizzas!
Helping verb helping an action verb
Now, my stomach will hurt for an hour.
Two helping verbs helping an action verb
Actually, my stomach will be hurting for a
few days.
An adjective is often defined as a word
which describes or gives more
information about a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives describe nouns in terms of
such qualities as size, color, number,
and kind. In the sentence The lazy dog
sat on the rug, the word lazy is an
adjective which gives more
information about the noun dog.
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We can add more adjectives to
describe the dog as well as in the
sentence The lazy, old, brown
dog sat on the rug. We can also
add adjectives to describe the
rug as in the sentence The lazy,
old, brown dog sat on the
beautiful, expensive, new rug
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The adjectives do not change the basic meaning or
structure of the sentence, but they do give a lot
more information about the dog and the rug. As
you can see in the example above, when more than
one adjective is used, a comma (,) is used between
the adjectives.
Adorable
Attractive
Alluring
Beautiful
Bewildered