8 parts of speech
Terms
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- NOUNS
- they are words that are people, places, things, and ideas
- PRONOUNS
- they are words that are used as substitutes for nouns
- VERBS
- they are words that express action, conditions, and states of being
- ADVERBS
- they are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs as well
- ADJECTIVES
- they are words that modify nouns and pronouns
- CONJUNCTIONS
- it joins two words or two phrases
- INTERJECTIONS
- a word that has no grammatical relationship to the rest of the sentence. It expresses emotion
- PREPOSITIONS
- they show the relationship to other words in the sentence
- WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT AN ADJECTIVE ANSWERS?
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what kind?
which one?
how much?
how many? - WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT AN ADVERB ANSWERS?
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when?
where?
to what extent? (how long etc.)
how many/much?