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    The document discusses the eight parts of speech in English: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech. Key details include that parts of speech describe how a word is used rather than what it is, and the same word can be different parts of speech depending on how it is used in a sentence. The document also explains common types of pronouns, adjectives, and other parts of speech in more depth.

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    The document discusses the eight parts of speech in English: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech. Key details include that parts of speech describe how a word is used rather than what it is, and the same word can be different parts of speech depending on how it is used in a sentence. The document also explains common types of pronouns, adjectives, and other parts of speech in more depth.

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    The document discusses the eight parts of speech in English: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech. Key details include that parts of speech describe how a word is used rather than what it is, and the same word can be different parts of speech depending on how it is used in a sentence. The document also explains common types of pronouns, adjectives, and other parts of speech in more depth.

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    Parts of Speech

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    The document discusses the eight parts of speech in English: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech. Key details include that parts of speech describe how a word is used rather than what it is, and the same word can be different parts of speech depending on how it is used in a sentence. The document also explains common types of pronouns, adjectives, and other parts of speech in more depth.

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    Parts of Speech

    What Does Part of Speech Mean?


     Each part of
    speech explains not
    what the word is
    but how the word is
    used.
    The Eight Parts of Speech
     Verb
     Noun
     Pronoun
     Adjectives
     Adverbs
     Prepositions
     Conjunctions
     interjection
    More Details
     Each part of speech explains not what
    the word is, but how the word is used.
    In fact, the same word can be a noun
    in one sentence and a verb or
    adjective in the next.
    Adverbs
     Adverb
     An adverb can modify
    a verb, an adjective,
    another verb, a
    phrase, or a clause.
     The seamstress
    quickly made the
    mourning clothes.
    Let’s Take a Closer Look!
     Verb
     A verb “is what you
    do!”
     I will run, hop, and
    skip down the
    track.
    Home
    Here come the nouns!
     Noun
     A noun is a person
    place or thing.
     Ms. Arruda is going
    to Vegas this
    weekend. Home
    Pronouns
     Pronoun
     A pronoun can
    replace the noun or
    another pronoun.
     Which show do you
    want to see?

    Home
    Additional Pronouns
     Personal Pronouns  Possessive Personal
     A personal pronoun Pronouns
    refers to specific
     A possessive pronoun indicates
    that the pronoun is acting as a
    person or thing and marker of possession and
    changes its form to defines who owns a particular
    indicate person, object or person.
    (mine, yours, hers, his, its,
    number, gender, and

    ours theirs)
    case.
    Home
    Additional Pronouns Continued
     Interrogative  An interrogative
    Pronouns pronoun is used to
    ask questions.
     (who, whom, which,
    what and the
    compounds formed
    with suffix “ever”).
    Home
    Still More Pronouns!
     Demonstrative Pronouns
     A demonstrative pronoun
    points to and identifies a
    noun or a pronoun.
     (this, that, these, and
    those are demonstrative
    pronouns)

    Home
    What about the Adjectives?
     Adjectives
     An adjective modifies a
    noun or pronoun by
    describing, identifying,
    or qualifying words.
     The truck-shaped
    balloon floated over the
    treetops.

    Home
    Conjunctions
     You can use  I ate the pizza and
    Conjunctions to link the pasta!
    words, phrases, and
    clauses.

    Home
    Prepositions
     Prepositions
     A preposition links
    nouns, pronouns, and
    phrases to other
    words in a sentence.
     (on, against, over,
    during, beneath,
    beside)
    Home
    What is an Interjection?
     Interjections
     An interjection is a
    word added to a
    sentence to convey
    emotion.
     (Ouch!, Hey!)
    Home
    THE END

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