Parts of Speech
Grammar Review
Noun
• Names a person, place, thing or idea
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Walt Disney (person)
Australia (place)
Notebook (thing)
friendship (idea)
love (idea)
Verb
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A verb expresses an action, states something that exists (state
of being), or links the subject with a description.
Action verb: An action verb tells what the subject is doing.
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Example: Jonah threw the ball.
Being verb: State existence
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Examples: Jonah is happy. Jonah seems tired.
Also included as helping verbs
Adjective
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A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
They help give your reader a clearer picture of what you are
talking about.
Adjectives do three things:
Tell what kind
Tell how many
Tell which one or ones
Examples: jubilant child, generous man, thirteen apples…
Pronoun
• A pronoun is a word used to take the place of a noun or
another pronoun.
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I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Me, Us, Them, Him, Her
Adverb
• Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
• There are four basic types of adverbs:
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Adverbs of time, i.e. He cleaned yesterday.
Place, i.e. We can stop here for lunch.
Manner, i.e. Casey did well on the exam. On the other hand, Ben
did badly.
Degree, i.e. Harry is quite talented for his age.
Preposition
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A word that shows position or direction or introduces a
prepositional phrase
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Around
Up
Under
Over
Between
Example of Prepositional Phrase: Over the rainbow
Conjunction
• A word that connects other words or groups of words
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For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Because, Since, As...
Interjection
• A word (set off by commas or an exclamation point) that
shows strong emotion
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Stop! Hey, how are you?