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A word that names a person, place, thing or an idea.
Ex: sister, park, magazine, honesty |
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A word that expresses action or a state of being.
Ex: The swimming instructor taught us to swim and dive. |
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A word that describes, or modifies,, a noun or pronoun.
Ex: We studied ancient history.
I read four chapters.
That invention changed history. |
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A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Ex: People handle old violins carefully.
Very old violins are valuable. |
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| A connecting word. They can be coordinating, correlative, and subordinate. |
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A word used to connect compound parts of a sentence.
Ex: And, but, nor, for, so, yet.
June or Lisa collets the money and distributes tickets. |
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Pairs of words used to connect compound parts of a sentence.
Both... and, either...or, neither... nor, not only... but also
Examples of great architecture exist in both New York and Paris. |
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| Subordinating conjunction |
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A word that is used to introduce a subordinate clause.
Ex: after, because, though, whenever, although, before, till, where, as, if, unless, whereas. |
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| The leading character in a drama or story. |
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| A subject or topic of an article or discourse. |
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