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how words function when we speak

Parts of Speech

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Names a person, place, or thing

Noun

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name specific people, places, and things

Proper Nouns

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names something general

Common noun

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Describes a noun

Adjective

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takes the place of nouns

Pronouns

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the word the pronoun replaces

antecedent

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shows relationship to something else

possessive pronoun

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shows action or state of being

Verb

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take direct objects

transitive verb

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a verb that does not take a direct object

intransitive verb

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the subject of the verb both does and receives the action of the verb

reflexive verb

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describe verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Adverb

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adds emotion

interjection

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small word that connects to a noun to make a phrase that functions as an adjective or adverb

preposition

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a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses and shows relationship.

conjunction

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