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Parts of Speech Noun A word that names a person, place, thing, or quality. Example: Dog. The dog chased the cat down the street. Example: Honesty. Honesty is one of the greatest virtues. A proper noun is a noun that is a name. Example: Bob. Bob is my friend. Example: Bellerose Drive. I drove down Bellerose Drive to get to school. Proper nouns always need to be capitalized. Verb A word that expresses action, being, or state of being. There are two types of verbs: action and helping. Action verbs express action Example: Ran. The dog ran down the street. Helping verbs “help” the action. Example: Is. The dog is running down the street. Please see the other side of the page for a list of helping verbs. Adjective An adjective is a word that modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun. Adjectives usually tell “what kind”, “which one”, or “how many”. The articles “a”, “an”, and “the”, are always adjectives. Example: Fat. The fat cat ate a big dinner. -What kind of cat was it? Fat. Example: These. I ate these oranges. -Which one? These. A proper adjective have the same purpose as a proper noun. These also need to be capitalized. Adverb An adverb is a word that adds meaning (describes) a verb by answering the questions “how”, “when”, or “where”. Example: quickly. The boy quickly ran down the street. How did the boy run? Quickly. Words ending in “ly” are usually adverbs. List of helping verbs: Is Am Are Was Were Be Being Been Has Have Had Do Does Did Shall Will Should Would May Might Must Can Could
