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Verb |
A verb is used to show an action or a state of being go, write, exist, be |
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Noun |
A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events, ideas and feelings. A noun functions as a subject or object of a verb and can be modified by an adjective. John, lion, table, freedom, love ... |
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Adjective |
Adjectives are used to describe or specify a noun or pronoun good, beautiful, nice, my ... |
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Adverb |
An adverb is used to modify a verb, adjective and other adverbs. completely, never, there ...
Many adverbs end in “-ly”. If you are not sure of the part of speech a word would be, and it ends with “-ly”, it is probably an adverb.
Other examples of adverbs would be words that how something was done or the manner in which it was done.
Some adverbs tell the place of an action, or where it occurred. * Here * There * Everywhere * Now * First * Last * Early * Very * Too * Almost * I really don’t care. * He literally wrecked his car. * I am certain of the facts, for sure. |
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Pronoun |
A pronoun is used in the place of a noun or phrase. I, you, he, she, it ... |
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Preposition |
Prepositions are used before nouns to form a phrase that shows where, when, how and why in, above, to, for, at ... |
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Conjunction |
Conjunctions join clauses or sentences or words and, but, when ... |
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Interjection |
Interjections are used to show surprise or emotion. oh!, Good Lord |
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Subject |
The subject is one of the main two parts of a sentence. According to traditional grammar, a sentence consists of two parts: * a subject,* a predicate which modifies the subject. * Leila loves painting. Leila is the subject and loves painting acts as the predicate |
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Possessive Adjectives |
Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their - modify the noun following it in order to show possession. Examples: * I'll get my bag.* Is this your luggage?
Possessive adjectives: my your his her its our your their |
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Possessive Pronouns |
A possessive pronoun is a part of speech that attributes ownership to someone or something. Like any other pronoun, it substitutes a noun phrase and can prevent its repetition. For example, in the phrase, "These glasses are mine, not yours", the words "mine" and "yours" are possessive pronouns and stand for "my glasses" and "your glasses," respectively.
Possessive Pronouns: mine yours his hers its ours yours theirs |
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Reflexive Pronouns |
Reflexive pronouns are used when the complement of the verb is the same as the subject. Example: He hurt himself. Reflexive pronouns can also be used to give more emphasis to the subject or object. Example: I wrote it myself. (I want to emphasize the fact that I wrote it.) I spoke to the president himself. (I spoke to the president personally NOT somebody else.)
The words " myself, yourself, himself..." are reflexive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns are words that show that the person who does the action is also the person who is affected by it: |
