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PARTSOFSPEECH

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.

Pronounscanbe: personal(e.g.them) relative(e.g.which) interrogative(e.g.whom) reflexive/intensive(e.g.itself) indefinite(e.g.everybody). Adjectivestellwhatkindorhow many.A,an,andthearealso consideredadjectives.

ADJECTIVE

Itdescribesorlimits anounorpronoun.

Amyboughtapairofbrown shoesandanastonishingdress. Thoseforgetfulboysneedto cleanthatmessyroom.

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

PREPOSITION

CONJUNCTION

Coordinating:Myprofessorisstrict,yet sheisfair. Correlative:Bothswimmingand dancingarefunwaystoworkout. Subordinate:Iamhappybecauseof you.

INTERJECTION

Itexpressessurprise orstrongfeeling.

Wow!Thisplaceisgreat. Ohno,thatsterriblenews.

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