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Noun

A word that denotes a person, place, or thing.

Pronoun

A word that takes the place of or stands for a noun in a sentence.

Verb

A word that denotes action or a state of being.

Adjective

A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

A word that modifies or further describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Conjunction

A word that joins two independent clauses or sentences together.

Preposition

A word that combines with a noun or pronoun to create phrases that modify other words.

Interjection

A word that expresses emotions or sudden bursts of feeling.

Article

A word that precedes a noun or noun phrase, such as 'a,' 'an,' or 'the'.

Collective Noun

A noun that identifies more than one person, place, or thing as one singular unit.

Compound Subject

A sentence having more than one person, place, or thing as the subject.

Independent Clause

A group of words that may stand alone as a complete grammatically correct thought.

Fragment

A clause that is not complete; missing a subject or verb.

Action Verb

A verb that connects the subject to an action.

Linking Verb

A verb that connects the subject of the sentence to a word that describes it.

Helping Verb

A verb used with the main verb to describe mood or tense.

Definite Article

A word that refers to one or more specific things, such as 'the'.

Indefinite Article

A word that refers to one non-specific thing, such as 'a' or 'an'.

Relative Pronoun

A pronoun that connects details to the subject of the sentence.

Contraction

A word formed by combining two words, showing where one or more letters have been left out.

Effect

Almost always a noun, signifying the result of a change.

Affect

Almost always a verb, signifying to influence.

Except

Usually a preposition or conjunction that signifies exclusion.

Accept

Usually a verb meaning to receive.