Noun
A person, place, thing, or idea.
If it exists, and we are able to name it, that is a noun.
Cars, people, mountains, etc.
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Noun, Proper
The specified name of a noun.
These are always capitalized.
Mt. Rushmore, John, Middle East, Republican Party, etc.
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Noun, Pronoun
Used to replace a noun.
He, she, they, someone, them, etc.
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Adjective
These are words that modify or describe something.
Dirty, sweet, rusty, soft, angry, fast, tall, etc.
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Article
A, an, and the.
These are also adjectives.
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Verb
Word used to describe an action, or what you do.
Was, are, will be, bought, wrote, ran, screamed, swam, consider, thought, and many more actions.
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Verb, Auxiliary
A verb used to form the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs.
They usually accompany the main verb.
Some words such as have, has, had, is, are, was, and much more.
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Gerund
These are words that end in "ing."
Swimming, hiking, climbing, running, thinking, etc.
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Verb, Adverb
These words modify verbs.
They tell us when, where, how, in what manner, or to what extent.
He swam yesterday. They ran barefoot. He jumped quickly. She's an extremely nice person. John placed the vase carefully on the table.
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Preposition
Words that show time, place, and space.
Basically, they describe a relationship between other words.
Before, in front of, behind, under, toward, around, past, through, against, beside, upon, during, after, and so forth.
>For time and place, we use "at",
Conjunctions, Coordinating
The words that connect clauses. They are made up of the acronym FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Can you get me some ice cream AND some chocolate?
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Conjunctions, Subordinate
usually start in the beginning of a sentence. Therefore, whereas, because, suddenly, first, foremost, however, and so on. You will learn more about these later.
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Interjection
These are words that show emotion or sentiment. Wow, golly, um, er, uh, ahem, oops, whew, shh, hurray, darn, yeah, and yay are some examples. They are also called exclamations because most often they have an exclamation point after the word. Wow! I couldn
Pronoun
Used to replace a noun. He, she, they, someone, them, etc.
Adjective
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Article: These are also adjectives. A, an, and the.
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Verb: These are words used to describe an action, or what you do. Was, are, will be, bought, wrote, ran, screamed, swam, consider, thought, and many more actions.
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Verb, Auxiliary
A verb used to form the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. They usually accompany the main verb. Some words such as have, has, had, is, are, was, and much more.