8 Parts of Speech

Grammar

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Noun
A noun is a person,place,thing,quality or act. For example: pencil,girl,supermarket,happiness.
Verb
Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do. For example:to fly, to run,to be, jump,lived.
Adjective
An adjective describes a noun. For example: hairy, crazy, wonderful.
Adverb
An adverb describes a verb,adjective oradverb. It often ends in"ly". For example:carefully, easily, barely.
Interjection
An interjection isan outcry or sudden utterance. It usually starts a sentence. For example:Wow!,Gosh!,Darn!
Preposition
A preposition describes the relationship between a noun and another noun,verb or adverb. For example;to,under,for,at,by,from.
Conjunction
A conjunction joins together words,phrases or clauses. For example:and,or.but.
Pronoun
A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from the context. For example:I,you,he,she,it,they,some.