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    Partsofspeech

    2.NOUNS

    Theobjectpersonalpronounsare:
    "me,""you,""her,""him,""it,""us,"
    "you,"and"them."

    Traditionalgrammarclassifieswords
    basedonninepartsofspeech:

    Anounisanywordwhichnamesa
    person,place,thing,idea,animal,
    quality,oractivity.

    Verb

    personNicholas

    Theobjectcasepronounfunctions
    asadirectorindirectobject,orasan
    objectofapreposition.

    Noun

    placecountryside

    Igaveheratest.

    Pronoun

    thingpen

    Isoldittothem.

    Articles

    ideaequality

    Thebookisbesidehim.

    Adjective

    animalkangaroo

    Adverb

    qualityweight

    Possessivepersonalpronounsare
    "mine,""yours,""hers,""his,""its,"
    "ours,"and"theirs."

    Preposition

    activitysupervision

    Conjunction
    Interjection

    1.VERBS
    Averbperformseitherofthree
    kindsoftasks:
    itexpressesaction;
    itexpressesastateofbeing;
    itexpressestherelationship
    betweentwothings.
    Transitiveverbstakeobjects.They
    tellsuswhatthesubject(agent)
    doestosomethingelse(object).
    Heboughtashirt.(agent)(did
    something)(objectanswersthe
    question"what?")
    Shebrushesherhaireveryhour.
    Marinawilllosetherace.
    Intransitiveverbsdonottakean
    object.Theyexpressactionsthatdo
    notrequiretheagent'sdoing
    somethingtosomethingelse.
    Tomdanced.
    Theyrandowntheroad.

    Propernounsarethenamesof
    specificthings,people,orplaces,
    suchasChicoutimiandChristine.
    Commonnounsaregeneralnames
    suchaswoman,wallandlamp.They
    canbeeitherconcreteorabstract.
    Concretenounsrefertothings
    whichyoucansensesuchas
    calculatorandpantry.
    Abstractnounsrefertoideasor
    qualitiessuchasfreedomandtruth.

    3.PRONOUNS

    Thattennisracquetismine.
    Thepleasurewasallhers.
    Ademonstrativepronounpointsto
    andidentifiesanounorapronoun:
    "this"and"these","that"and
    "those".
    Aninterrogativepronounisusedto
    askquestions:"who,""whom,"
    "which,""what.
    Youcanusearelativepronounto
    linkonephraseorclausetoanother
    phraseorclause:"who,""whom,"
    "that,"and"which."
    Indefinitepronounshavenospecific
    antecedents.

    Apronounisawordwhichtakesthe
    placeofanounorstandsinforan
    unknownnoun.Thenounwhichthe
    pronounreplacesiscalledits
    antecedent.

    Singular:anotherbotheverything

    nothing any
    each

    neither one
    anybody

    either nobody none

    Marywonderedwhethersheshould
    gototheparty."Mary"isthe
    antecedentofthepronoun"she".

    Plural: all

    much

    both

    Nominativeorsubjectcase:("I,"
    "you,""she,""he,""it,""we,""you,"
    "they.)

    Reflexivepronounsindicatethatthe
    subjectperformsactionstoorfor
    itself.:myself,yourself,
    himself,herself,itself,
    ourselves,yourselves,
    themselves

    Shecametothehouse.
    Whohasseenthewind?
    Thisisshe.

    few
    more
    most several
    some many

    Anintensivepronounisapronoun
    usedtoemphasiseitsantecedent.
    Intensivepronounsareidenticalin
    formtoreflexivepronouns.

    4.ARTICLES

    7.PREPOSITIONS

    Definitearticle:the.
    Indefinitearticles:aandan.

    Aprepositionlinksanounora
    pronounwithsomeotherwordor
    expressioninthesentence.

    Thecowjumpedoverthemoon.

    5.ADJECTIVES

    Demonstrativeadjectives:this,that,
    these,those
    Eg.Theseapplesarewonderful.
    InterrogativeAdjectives:The
    interrogativeadjectiveswhat,
    which,andwhosemodifynounsand
    pronounstoindicateaquestion
    aboutthem.

    about
    about
    into
    near
    against

    adjective:Whichtrapezeartistfell?

    Interjectionsareparticlesusedin
    speechtoindicateemotionor
    providetransition:

    below in
    over
    inside pastup across
    since upon after
    through with between
    by
    ofthroughout

    eh,okay,say,oh,no,ouch,yuck

    6.ADVERBS

    It'sgreatbeingaTasmanian,eh?
    Yuck!Thattastesdisgusting.

    Thechildrenclimbedthemountain
    withoutfear.
    Thespidercrawledslowlyalongthe
    railing.

    8.CONJUNCTIONS
    Conjunctionsjoinwords,phrasesor
    clauses.

    9.INTERJECTIONS

    Thepreposition"over"links
    itsobject,"themoon,"to
    theverb"jump."

    pronoun:Whichfell?

    Adjectives

    Possessiveadjectives:The
    possessiveadjectivesmy,your,his,
    her,its,our,andtheirmodifynouns
    byshowingpossessionorownership.

    after even if
    that
    while althougheventhough
    though asif
    unless inorder

    and
    but

    adjectives

    for
    nor

    or
    so

    yet

    otheradverbs

    Manyadverbsendinly.
    awkwardly
    happily
    sharply tightlycheerfully
    loudly swiftly viciously

    both...and

    neither...nor

    either...or

    notonly...butalso

    Someadverbsdonotendinly.

    everywhere
    never
    fastmuch

    big

    bigger

    biggest

    lousy

    lousier

    lousiest

    quiet

    quieter

    quietest

    morequiet

    mostquiet

    moremerciful

    mostmerciful

    badly

    worse

    worst

    loudly

    louder

    loudest

    gracefully

    moregracefully mostgracefully 37

    Correlativeconjunctionsjoinwords,
    phrases,andclauses,aswellas
    wholesentences.

    wholesentences

    Superlative

    astounding moreastounding mostastounding

    Adverbs

    verbs

    Coordinatingconjunctionsjoin
    sentencepartsofequalgrammatical
    status.Theyare:

    Comparative

    merciful

    Iatethepizzaandthepasta.

    Adverbsmodify,limitorqualify
    otherwords.Theycanmodify:

    Positive

    here
    so
    rather

    Subordinatingconjunctionsconnect
    clausesofunequalstatus.A
    subordinatingconjunction
    introducesasubordinateor
    dependentclause,whichisunableto
    standaloneasacompletesentence.

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