Grammar, grammar, grammar Yeah

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Grammar, grammar, grammar! Yeah!
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Parts of Speech

• A part of speech explains how a word is used.
  There are 8 parts of speech. They are
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections
• In this class we are going to study the six most
  common parts of speech, on which you must take
  notes in your handout.

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Nouns

• A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
• Some examples of nouns are
• Ms. Hein
• Mrs. Marko
• New Jersey
• Cat
• Dog
• Love
• War
• Snowflake

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Pronouns Pronouns are slightly different from
nouns. Pronouns are words that replace nouns to
make sentences simpler.Some examples of
pronouns are

• That
• This
• Who
• What
• Myself
• Herself

• He
• She
• It
• You
• His
• Mine
• Theirs
• Ours

It is easier to say, They brought me flowers,
instead of, Jeff, Michael and Timothy brought me
flowers.
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Adjectives

• An adjective is a word that describes a noun,
  like in the sentence, This is a heavy book.
  The word, heavy, the adjective, describes the
  noun, the book.
• Some examples of adjectives are
• Bright
• Orange
• Small
• Large
• Scary
• Loud
• Silent
• Jolly

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Verbs

• A common verb is the verb, to be. The
  following are this type of verb
• Am
• Are
• Is
• Were
• Was
• Has been

• A verb is a word that shows actions or states of
  being.
• Some examples of verbs are
• Run
• Jump
• Swim
• Skip
• Hurry
• Have
• Has
• Has run
• Have laughed

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Adverb

• An adverb is a word that describes a verb, or an
  action, as in, I ran quickly. Quickly, the
  adverb, describes the action, running.
• The following are examples of common adverbs
• Sadly
• Commonly
• Slowly
• Unfortunately
• Finally
• Luckily

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Conjunctions

• A conjunction is a word that links nouns. An
  example of this is in the sentence, I like
  soccer and hockey. The word, and, the
  conjunction, links the two nouns, soccer and
  hockey.
• Some more examples of conjunctions are
• But
• Or
• Either
• Neither
• Nor
• So

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Thats it for parts of speech!Now, take some
time to work with these parts of speech in your
handout.