Parts of Speech
What part of speech am I?
Terms
undefined, object
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- helping verbs
- will, would, shall, should, can, could, etc.
- preposition
- shows location, time, position, etc.
- noun
- a person, place, thing or idea
- state of being verb
- a verb that a state of condition
- pronouns
- he, she, them, they. it
- action verb
- a verb that shows action
- possessive pronouns
- his, hers, theirs, its
- adjectives
- words that describe nouns and pronouns
- articles
- a, an, the
- common noun
- a general person, place, thing or idea
- adverb
- a word that describes a verb, adjective or other adverb
- action verbs
- throw, jump, take, find, look, talk, sit, etc.
- proper noun
- a specific person, place, thing or idea
- state of being verbs
- is, are, was, were, has, have, been, etc.
- pronoun
- word that takes the place of a noun