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8 parts of speech
8 parts of speech
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English
9th Grade
09/26/2012

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Term

Adverb

Definition

the part of speech that is primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or an adverb.

Term

Verb

Definition

 the part of speech that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being.

 

 

 

Term
Adjective
Definition

the part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. ( a, an, the)

Term
Noun
Definition

the part of speech that is used to name or identify a person, place, thing quality or action

Term
pronoun
Definition

a word that takes place of a noun, noun phrase or noun clause

Term

conjunction

 

Definition

the part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentence

Term
preposition
Definition

a word and a member of a closed word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other words in a sentence.

Term
interjection
Definition

A short utterance that usually expresses emotions and is capable of standing alone.

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