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Parts o Speech vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a word that shows action or a state - this word is also the simple predicate of a sentence | verb (some examples: run, is, sing, think, am) |
| a word that modifies (describes) a verb | adverb (some examples: quickly, quietly, gently) |
| a person place or thing | noun (girl, city, rock, cat, mountain) |
| a word that begins a phrase that gives more information about another part of the sentence, usually this phrase provides when/where info | preposition (in, under, beside, on) |
| These words show exclamation or emotion of some sort, or an abrupt interruption. | interjection (Wow, oh, ah) |
| a word that modifies (describes) a noun | adjective (blue, soft, dark, sad, cheerful) |
| a word that takes the place of a specific person place or thing | pronoun (I, she, he, it, me, they) |
| words that begin or join clauses | conjunction (because, and, unless, for, or, if) |
| this is sometimes mistaken for an actual part of speech, but it is actually a special type of adjective - there are only 2 of these words | article (the, a) |