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

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

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

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    1.

    NOUN  An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or


    another adverb.
     A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
    gently... extremely... carefully... well
    man... Butte College... house... happiness
    An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
    A noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are often
    adverb, but never a noun. It usually answers the questions of when,
    used with an article (the, a, an), but not always. Nouns can be
    where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree. Adverbs
    singular or plural, concrete or abstract. Nouns show possession by
    often end in -ly.
    adding 's. Nouns can function in different roles within a sentence; for

    example, a noun can be a subject, direct object, indirect object, The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher,

    subject complement, or object of a preposition. and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, 6. PREPOSITION

    and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!


     A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun

    2. PRONOUN to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.

    by... with.... about... until


     A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.

    She... we... they... it (by the tree, with our friends, about the book, until tomorrow)

    A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. A pronoun is usually A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a

    substituted for a specific noun, which is called its antecedent. In the phrase modifying another word in the sentence. Therefore a

    sentence above, the antecedent for the pronoun she is the preposition is always part of a prepositional phrase. The prepositional

    girl. Pronouns are further defined by type: personal pronouns refer phrase almost always functions as an adjective or as an adverb. The

    to specific persons or things; possessive pronouns indicate following list includes the most common prepositions:

    ownership; reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize another noun


    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher,
    or pronoun; relative pronouns introduce a subordinate clause; and
    and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!
    demonstrative pronouns identify, point to, or refer to nouns.
    7. CONJUNCTION
    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and
     A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.
    then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!
    and... but... or... while... because
    3. VERB
    A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and indicates the
     A verb expresses action or being.
    relationship between the elements joined. Coordinating conjunctions
    jump... is... write... become
    connect grammatically equal elements: and, but, or, nor, for, so,

    The verb in a sentence expresses action or being. There is a main yet. Subordinating conjunctions connect clauses that are not equal:

    verb and sometimes one or more helping verbs. ("She can because, although, while, since, etc. There are other types of

    sing." Sing is the main verb; can is the helping verb.) A verb must conjunctions as well.

    agree with its subject in number (both are singular or both are
    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the
    plural). Verbs also take different forms to express tense.
    teacher, and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and
    8. INTERJECTION
    then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!
     An interjection is a word used to express emotion.
    4. ADJECTIVE Oh!... Wow!... Oops!

     An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.


    An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often
    pretty... old... blue... smart
    followed by an exclamation point.

    An adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a


    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and
    pronoun. It usually answers the question of which one, what kind, or
    then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!
    how many. (Articles [a, an, the] are usually classified as adjectives.)

    The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher,
    and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!

    5. ADVERB

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