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Definitions and examples of English parts of speech

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Noun   Names a person, place, thing or idea   show freedom, democracy, cereal, car, shoe, grasshopper, vacation  
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Proper noun   specific and capitalized name of a person, place, thing, or idea   show Bill Gates, S.E. Hinton, Lemony Snicket, Six Flags over Texas, Fruit Loops  
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Collective Noun   show herd, flock, gaggle, team   committee, band, squad, pride (of lions)  
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Adjective   describes a noun or pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how many, and sometimes whose or how much   show Sally's, that, these, cute, repulsive, some, many  
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Adverb   describes verbs, adjectives and adverbs by telling how, when, where, or to what extent   quickly, clumsily, efficiently, well, not, here   show
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show common verbs that appear before the main verb in a verb phrase   am, is, are, was, were, have, has   could, would, should, do, does, did  
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Action verbs   words that show mental or physical action   run, slide, swim, scream, eat, skate   show
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show words that link the subject with an idea about the subject   am, is, are, was, were, have been   is being, seems, appears, becomes, smells, tastes  
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Preposition   show about above, according to, in front of, over, inside   via, after, onto, under, with, for, of, during  
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Conjunction   show and, or and but are the most commonly used   either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also  
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show shows mild or strong emotion, set off by a comma or exclamation mark   oh, well, sure, yes, no,   Hooray! Whew! Yikes! No way!  
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show takes the place of a noun to avoid too much repetition   I, you, she, themselves, this, these, some, many, both   everybody, something, no one, who, whom, what  
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