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Parts of Speech
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Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Interjections
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Nouns
 Any person that you can know, and every
place that you can go, and any thing you can
show.
 Person examples- a bandit, Ms. Jones, brother,
bandit, lady, Chubby Checker, Monkees, The
Beatles, friend, captain
 Place examples-state, home, Hudson Street,
corner, island, sea, neighborhood, store
 Thing examples-animals, plants, train,dog,
bone, statue, ferry, snow, dime, record machine
Verbs
 Expresses action, being or state of being. It
makes a statement.
Action verb examples- run, ride, swim,
fly, rest sleep, sit, lie, make, write,
dance, sing
Being or state of being verb examplesam, is, are, was, were, being, been
Pronouns
 Was made to take the place of a noun ‘cause
saying all those nouns over and over can really
wear you down
 Pronoun examples-I, he, him, his, it, she, her, they,
me, you, we, our, us, who, what ,which, where,
mine, their,
Adjectives
 Words you use to describe nouns and pronouns, handy
words to carry around. They can be used to compare
things and show you which way.
 Adjective examples-soggy, foggy, rainy,
brainy, taller, smaller, hairy, scary, hasty,
frustrating, worst, sunny, dumb, thin, fat,
tall, small
 Examples in a sentence- He was a hairy
bear. He was a scary bear.
Adverbs
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A word …that’s all it is, that modifies a
verb…sometimes a verb, sometimes an adjective,
or else another adverb. Adverbs deal with
manner, place, time, condition, reason,
comparison, and contrast.
Adverb examples- very, necessary,
absolutely, neatly, sloppily, carefully,
quickly, slowly, surely, really,
Adverb example in a sentence- We
painted our house very neatly.
Conjunctions
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Hooking up words, phrases, clauses, and complex
sentences.
 Conjunction examples-and, or, but, nor
 Conjunction example in a sentence- In the
mornings, when I am usually wide awake, I
love to take a walk through the gardens and
down by the lake, where I often see a duck
and a drake, and I wonder as I walk by just
what they’d say if they could speak, although
I know that’s an absurd thought.
Prepositions
Relates
a noun or a pronoun to an other
word in the sentence.
 Preposition examples-above, across,
after, against, beside, beneath, between,
beyond, up, within, through, on, off,
into, by
 Preposition example in a sentence- In
the poem, the hero Beowulf battles a
monster.
Interjection
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Show excitement, or emotion. They’re generally
set apart from a sentence by an exclamation
point, or by a comma when the feelings not as
strong.
Interjection examples- Well! Oh! Hey!
Ouch! Yow! Hurray! Aw! Eeeeeek! Rats!
Wow! Darn!
Interjection example in a sentenceDarn! You just lost the game.
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Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence
and what the predicate says, he does.
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Pronoun
D. Adjective
Mister Morton was very shy.
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Conjunction
D. Adverb
The cat stretched, the sun beat down, a
neighbor chased his kid.
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Adjective
D. Pronoun
Mister Morton knocked on her door.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Pearl replied in the afternoon.
A. Adverb
B. Conjunction
C. Interjection
D. Preposition
Mister Morton rhymed pretty
words.
A. Adverb
B. Interjection
C. Adjective
D. Noun
They’re the subjects of the sentence and
what the predicate says, they do.
A. Interjection
B. Conjunction
C. Preposition
D. Noun
Well! You’ve got some nerve!
A. Noun
B. Preposition
C. Verb
D. Interjection
Is any person that you can know, and every place
that you can go, and any thing you can show
Expresses action, being or state of being.
It makes a statement
Was made to take the place of a noun
‘cause saying all those nouns over and over
can really where you down
Is a word you use to describe nouns, handy words to
carry around. They can be used to compare things and
show you which way.
Is a word …that’s all it is, that modifies a verb…
sometimes a verb, sometimes an adjective, or else
another adverb. Adverbs deal with manner,
place, time, condition, reason, comparison, and contrast.
Hooks up words, phrases,
clauses, and complex sentences.
Relates a noun or a pronoun to
an other word in the sentence.
I show excitement, or emotion. I’m generally
set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
or a comma when the feeling’s not as strong.
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