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InterjectionsAn interjection is a word or phrase
used to express emotion.
VerbsA verb is a word used to express an
action, a condition, or a state of being.
There are 3 types of Verbs:
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Action VerbsAn action verb tells what the subject
does.
Physical Action: run, jump, swim
Mental Action: wish, hope, dream
Linking Verbs
A linking verb links its subject to a word in the predicate.
FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had
Helping VerbsA helping verb helps main verbs express
action or precise shades of meaning.
Examples: has, have, hadcould, should, would, may, might, must,
can, shall, will
AdjectivesAn adjective is a word that modifies,
or describes, a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives answer 3 questions:
What Kind? Which one or
ones? How many /
how much?
NounsA noun is a word that names a person,
place, thing, or idea.
Common Noun:The general name for a person,
place, thing, or idea
Proper Noun:The name of a particular person,
place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized.
ConjunctionsA conjunction is a word used to join words
or groups of words; connectors:For
AndNor
ButOr
YetSo
AdverbsAn adverb is a word that modifies, or
describes, a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverbs answer 4 questions:
How? suddenly, carefully, sadly When? now, later, soon Where? there, up, ahead To What Extent? completely,
totally, fully
PronounsA pronoun is a word that is used in place of a
noun.
EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs
PrepositionsA preposition is a word that shows a
relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence.
Examples: about, above, across, against, among, around, behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down, over, under, of, off, on, through, beneath, to, after, toward, up, onto, unto, into, in
Articles
Articles are words that are linked to nouns to identify them rather than
describe them.
examples: a, an, the