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Parts of Speech: The A An 'S

The document defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Nouns are words for people, places, things or ideas. Pronouns are used in place of nouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. Prepositions link nouns or pronouns to other words. Conjunctions join words, phrases or clauses. Interjections express emotions.

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Parts of Speech: The A An 'S

The document defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Nouns are words for people, places, things or ideas. Pronouns are used in place of nouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. Prepositions link nouns or pronouns to other words. Conjunctions join words, phrases or clauses. Interjections express emotions.

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PARTS OF SPEECH

1. NOUN -A noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are often used
with an article (the, a, an), but not always. Proper nouns always start with a capital
letter. Nouns can be singular or plural, concrete or abstract. Nouns show possession
by adding 's. Nouns can function in different roles within a sentence.

2. PRONOUN -A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. A pronoun is usually


substituted for a specific noun, which is called its antecedent. Pronouns are further
defined by type: personal pronouns refer to specific persons or things; possessive
pronouns indicate ownership; reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize another
noun or pronoun; relative pronouns introduce a subordinate clause; and
demonstrative pronouns identify, point to, or refer to nouns.

3. VERB -The verb in a sentence expresses action or being. There is a main verb
and sometimes one or more helping verbs. ("She can sing." Sing is the main
verb; can is the helping verb.) A verb must agree with its subject in number (both
are singular or both are plural). Verbs also take different forms to express tense.

4. ADJECTIVE -An adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a


pronoun. It usually answers the question of which one, what kind, or how
many. (Articles [a, an, the] are usually classified as adjectives.)

5. ADVERB -An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another


adverb, but never a noun. It usually answers the questions of when, where, how,
why, under what conditions, or to what degree. Adverbs often end in -ly.

6. PREPOSITION -A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to


form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence. Therefore a preposition is
always part of a prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase almost always
functions as an adjective or as an adverb.

7. CONJUNCTION -A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and indicates


the relationship between the elements joined. Coordinating conjunctions connect
grammatically equal elements: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet. Subordinating
conjunctions connect clauses that are not equal: because, although, while, since,
etc. There are other types of conjunctions as well.

8. INTERJECTION -An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often


followed by an exclamation point.

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