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 Definition:

A part of speech
that names a
person, place or
thing (or idea)
 Example:

Bob, colonist,
swimmer, Ms. Yang,
kitchen, duck,
health,
competition,
compassion
 Singular
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Names one person,
place or thing,
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Nouns
Names more than
one person, place
or thing
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 Collective
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Houses
Cars
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Troop
Choir
class
 Compound
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Nouns
Names a group

House
Car
 Plural
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Nouns
Nouns
Noun made up of
two or more words
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Life preserver
Battlefield
Daughter-in-law
 Common
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Names any one of a
class of people,
places, or things
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Leader
Place
Book
War
 Proper
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Names a specific
person, place, or
thing

Jefferson, Virginia,
Leaves of Grass,
Revolutionary War
 Definition:

A word that takes
the place of a noun,
another pronoun, or
a group of words
functioning as a
noun
 Example:
He
 She
 It
 They
 You
 Yours
 Theirs
 Mine
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 Definition:
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Word or group of
words that
expresses time
while showing
action, a condition,
or the fact that
something else
exists
Example:
run
jump
is
was
 Action

Tells what someone or
something is
performing
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Learning
Running
Writing
 Linking
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A verb that connects a
subject with a noun,
pronoun, or adjective
that identifies or
describes the subject
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Appear
Look
Seem
Sound
Stay
Forms of be
 Transitive:
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Directs attention
toward someone or
something named in a
sentence.
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 Intransitive:

The player shot the
puck.

Does not direct
attention toward
anyone or anything
named in the
sentence.

The puck is receiving
the action of the shot.
The team practiced in
the old ice arena.


Nothing is receiving the
action of the practice.
Linking verbs are
ALWAYS intransitive
 Definition:

A word used to
describe a noun or
pronoun to give
more specific
meaning.
 Nouns

Occasionally words
that usually function
as a noun will be
used as an adjective.
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The red car
The hyper dog
The big birds
as adjectives
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Florida sunshine
Spanish language
North American auto
show
Bird food
Vegetable soup
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Proper and Common
 Definition:
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A word that
modifies a verb,
adjective or another
adverb.
Tells where, when,
in what way or to
what extent.
 Examples:
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The finch flew up.
The eggs lay here.
Now they will fly
south for the
winter.
We have just
enough time.
 Modifying
Adjectives:

The chicks are
extremely hungry.

The overly excited
bird-watcher
collapsed.
 Modifying
Adverbs:

She cleans her
young chicks rather
carefully.

The chicken coop
was not completely
clean yet.
 Definition:

A word that relates
the noun or pronoun
that appears with it
to another word in
the sentence.
 Examples:

Who is the famous
actress in the
movie?

Shawn checked
under the couch
and chair.
 Definition:

A word used to
connect other words
or groups of words.
 Examples:
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Mike and Joe
Mike or Joe
Not Mike but Joe
 Coordinating
 Examples:
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Connect words or
groups of words.

The dog and cat ran
away.
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And
But
For
Nor
Or
So
Yet
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The dog nor the cat
made it home.
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The dog made it
home but the cat
didn’t.
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 Definition:
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A word that
expresses feeling or
emotion and
functions
independently of a
sentence.
Hey
Wow
Whew
Ouch
 Examples:

Hey, wait a minute!
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Wow, what a
beautiful baby!

Whew! That was
close.