The Building Blocks of Sentences

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The Building Blocks of Sentences
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The 8 Parts of Speech

• Noun -is the name of a person, place, thing, or
  idea.
• Example John is Tall
• The name John is the name of a person.
• Pronoun- can replace a noun or another pronoun.
• Example He, She, They, I, You, We

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The 8 Parts of Speech

• 3. Verb -express actions, events, or states of
  being.
• Example Ana is playing the piano.
• Verb Playing

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The 8 Parts of Speech

• 4. Adjectives modifies a noun or a pronoun by
  describing, identifying, or quantifying words.
• Example Sally is happy on her birthday party.
• Adjective happy

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The 8 Parts of Speech

• 5. Adverb -can modify a verb, an adjective,
  another adverb, a phrase, or a clause.
• Example The seamstress quickly made the mourning
  clothes.
• Adverb quickly

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The 8 Parts of Speech

• 6. A preposition links nouns, pronouns and
  phrases to other words in a sentence.
• Example The book is on the table.
• Preposition On

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The 8 Parts of Speech

• 7. Conjunction-You can use a conjunction to link
  words, phrases, and clauses.
• Example I ate the pizza and the pasta.
• Conjunction and

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The 8 Parts of Speech

• 8. interjection is a word added to a sentence to
  convey emotion. It is not grammatically related
  to any other part of the sentence.
• Example Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
• Interjection Oh no