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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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