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how words function when we speak
Parts of Speech
Names a person, place, or thing
Noun
name specific people, places, and things
Proper Nouns
names something general
Common noun
Describes a noun
Adjective
takes the place of nouns
Pronouns
the word the pronoun replaces
antecedent
shows relationship to something else
possessive pronoun
shows action or state of being
Verb
take direct objects
transitive verb
a verb that does not take a direct object
intransitive verb
the subject of the verb both does and receives the action of the verb
reflexive verb
describe verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
Adverb
adds emotion
interjection
small word that connects to a noun to make a phrase that functions as an adjective or adverb
preposition
a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses and shows relationship.
conjunction
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