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Grammar
Parts of Speech
| Item | Description/Example |
|---|---|
| noun | person, place or thing (egg) |
| verb | action or state of being |
| adjective | describes a noun (rotten egg) |
| adverb | describes a verb (noisily), adjective (very rotten), adverb (quite noisily) |
| preposition | indicates where something is in relation to something else (in, over, under, around) |
| pronoun | takes the place of a noun (I, we, she, he, it) |
| proper noun | a specific noun (Australia) capitalised |
| proper adjective | a description formed from a proper noun (French) |
| article | a, an. the |
| Collective noun | Name of a group of things (flock) |
| verbs of being | be, am, is, are, was, were (partial list) |
| exclamation | short outburst (Hey!) |
| conjunction | connects two subjects, verbs, phrases, or clauses (for, and, nor, but, or, yet -- FANBOY) |