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Parts of SpeechBy: Hallie Mayfield
VerbThis part of speech serves as a sentence’s simple predicate.
It can be in the present, past, or future tense
It can be linking, helping, or action
The man ran to the store.
Ran is a verb it tells what the man is doing.
NounThis part of speech names a person, place, or thing
Nouns can be abstract or concrete
They can also be proper or common
………Common………The girl was happy.
……..Proper……My Grandma shops at Walmart.
PronounThe part of speech that replaces a noun
Pronouns can be interrogative, possessive, or personal ………………
example…………….He ran outside to play tag
AdverbThis part of speech modifies adjectives and verbs
Adverbs often include words that end in -ly
The girl happily opened the gift.
………………………………..
Preposition
A common way to remember this part of speech is “anywhere a mouse can go”
It shows how a noun or pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence
……………example………….
The girl went outside to play.
Conjunction
This part of speech connects two words,phrases,clauses,or sentences
Conjunctions may be coordinating,subordinating,or correlative
………..example..................
The girl went to play hop-scotch and,the boy rode his bike.
Interjection
The part of speech frequently begins sentences, and expresses the speaker’s strong emotion
Less common examples are “um” and “er”
“oh!” and “wow!” are examples
ArticlesThis part of speech only has three examples in EnglishThey are “a”,”an”,and “the”
“a” and “an” are indefinite and “the is definite
Works Cited
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech-table.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_of_speech
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htmhttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=parts+of+speech&FORM=HDRSC2&adlt=strict