The 12 Parts of Speech

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12 Terms

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Common Noun

Name of ordinary everyday things

eg. table, cheese, pillow.

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Proper Noun

Names of person ,place or days of the week and is capitalised.

eg. Wednesday, Monday, New York, Sarah.

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Adverb

A word that describes how you are doing something

eg. hungrily, confidently, silently, stealthily.

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Adjective

A word that describes a noun.

eg. beautiful, ugly, nice.

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Interjection

An exclamation!!!!!

eg. Yuck! Hurrah! Yay!

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Pronoun

A pronoun replaces a proper noun

eg. she, him, her, they.

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Abstract Noun

Something that is not visible or tangible

eg. dream, love, confidence, friendship.

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Preposition

A word that describes where things are

eg. under, behind, in, over.

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Conjunction

A word that is used to join two sentences

eg. but, and ,because, although.

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Article
a, an, the, can be definite or indefinite
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Verb

An action or doing word

eg. running, skipping, eating, sewing, reading.

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Collective Noun

Name of a collection or group