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| noun | A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Idea nouns are words such as: courage, love, and honesty |
| common noun | A word that names an ordinary person, place, or thing. Examples: teacher, school, book. |
| proper noun | A word that names a specific person, place, or thing and is always capitalized. Examples: Mrs. Reppa, Arcola, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. |
| pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun. Example: replace "Mr. Bravo" with "he". |
| adjective | A word that modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun. |
| proper adjective | A word formed from a proper noun and is always capitalized. Examples: American, Chinese, Mexican. |
| adverb | A word that modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or another adverb. |
| verb | A word that shows action or state of being. |
| helping verb | A word that helps the main verb. |
| linking verb | A word that links the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective in the predicate. |
| preposition | A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. Example: on, under, around, through. |
| conjunction | A word that joins words or groups of words. Example: and, or , but. |
| article | The adjectives A, AN, THE. |
| interjection | An exclamatory word that expresses emotion. It stands alone - away from the rest of the sentence. |
| adjective | Answers the questions: "What kind?" "How many?" "Which one?" |
| adverb | Answers the questions: "How?" "When?" "Where?" "To what degree or extent?" |
