PARTOFSPEECH NOUN FUNCTION Itnamesaperson, place,thing,oridea. EXAMPLE(S) Thegirllosthernewbackpack atschool. Thehousewasfullof happiness. Sarahaskedhimtowalkthat dog. Whohasbeenusingmy computer? FURTHEREXPLANATION Ifyoucanputa,an,orthe beforetheword,itwillmostlikely beanoun.
PRONOUN
Itsubstitutesfora noun.
ADJECTIVE
Itdescribesorlimits anounorpronoun.
ADVERB
Itmodifiesaverb, Modifyinga: adjective,oranother Verb:Thestudentsreadaloud. verb. Adj.:Themoviewasveryamusing. Adv.:Itallhappenedtooquicklyforme todescribeit. Itexpressesaction orstateofbeing. Therearetwokinds ofverbs:linking& action. Itshowsthe relationship betweenanounor pronountoanother nounorpronoun. Itconnectswordsor groupsofwords. Types:coordinating, correlative,and subordinating. Linking: Mymotherisahighschoolteacher. Action: Hewroteaninterestingnovel. Theairplaneflewaboveus. Shewalkedtothestore.
AdverbsanswerHow?When?or Where? Manyadverbsendinly: Happy+ly=Happily Commonlinkingverbs: Anyformoftheverbisorbe Appear,seem,become,etc. Actionverbsimplyeitherphysical ormentalactivity. Commonlyusedprepositions include:about,before,for,from, in,on,over,to,until,up,with, without. Othercoordinatingconj.:for,but, or,yet,so,and,nor. Othercorrelativeconj.:bothand, eitheror,neithernor,not onlybutalso. Subordinatingconjunctionsjoin dependentclausestomain clauses. Theyarecommonlyusedbeforea sentenceoratthebeginningofa sentence.
VERB
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CONJUNCTION
INTERJECTION
Itexpressessurprise orstrongfeeling.
Wow!Thisplaceisgreat. Ohno,thatsterriblenews.