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English: Parts of Speech Review
parts of speech vocabulary
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| common noun | general name for non-specific group of persons, places, or things |
| examples of common nouns | village, girl |
| proper noun | specific name for certain persons, places or things |
| examples of proper nouns | Baldwinsville, Marie |
| pronoun | word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition |
| examples of pronouns | I, you, he, she |
| adjective | word that describes a noun or pronoun |
| examples of adjectives | big, smelly, sweet, loud |
| verb | an action word or state of being |
| examples of verbs | run, have, be, am, is, are, was were |
| adverb | word that describes how or when a verb is done |
| adverbs often end is this | "ly" |
| examples of adverbs | quickly, later, not |
| conjunction | word that joins two or more words or ideas |
| examples of conjunctions | for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
| word given to help you learn the conjunctions | "FAN BOYS" |
| interjection | word that shows surprise or strong emotions |
| examples of interjections | Hey! Wow! Oops! |
| preposition | word that shows how one noun relates to another |
| examples of a preposition | in, on, under, for, to, at, with, from, over |
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