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    The document defines and provides examples of the 8 parts of speech in English grammar: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, preposition, adverb, conjunction, and interjection. Nouns refer to people, places and things while pronouns take the place of nouns. Verbs express actions, states of being, emotions or opinions.

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    8 Parts of Speech

    Connor McCaughey
    Noun
    Person Place Thing
    Pronoun
    Word used in place of a noun

    President John Kennedy had severe back trouble, and although President John Kennedy had severe back trouble,
    President John Kennedy approached stairs gingerly and lifted and although he approached stairs gingerly and
    with care, President John Kennedy did swim and sail, and lifted with care, he did swim and sail, and
    occasionally President John Kennedy even managed to play occasionally he even managed to play touch
    touch football with friends, family members, or co-workers. football with friends, family members, or co-workers.
    Verb
    Expresses action, state of being, emotion or opinion

    Mark eats his dinner quickly.

    We went to the market.

    You write neatly in your notebook.

    They thought about all the prizes in the competition


    Adjective
    Modifies a noun or pronoun

    Describes what kind, which one, or how many


    The horrible official blew the call. The loudest stadium in the NFL. There have been fifty-two
    Super Bowls.
    Preposition
    a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another
    word in the sentence.

    The first part of a prepositional phrase


    Adverb
    An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

    Modifies by telling how, when, where, why, under what conditions, or to what
    degree.

    Verb Adjective
    Adverb
    The girls ran quickly but Students are often
    happily through the puddle. entertained and sometimes Stan can discuss the English
    confused, but never bored in language very thoroughly.
    that class.
    Conjunction
    A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.

    F. A. N. B. O. Y. S. The Rams made the Super Bowl, but they got help from the officials.

    For The Patriots have won five Super Bowls, yet the Steelers have won
    six.
    And

    Nor

    But

    Or

    Yet

    So
    Interjection
    a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation point.

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