The 8 Parts of Speech

a person, place, thing, or idea

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​Ex.

​janitor

​school

​pencil

language

​a word that takes the place of a noun; refers to another word

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​Ex.

​Miss Schultz made this lesson.

​I made it.

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​Mitch went to the park with his friends.

​He went to the park with them.

Common pronouns include...

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​I, me, mine, myself, you, yours, yourself, we, us, ours, ourselves, he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, they, them, their, themselves, it, its, and itself.

​a word that describes a noun or pronoun

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​Ex.

​The beautiful woman was a model.

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​He was very nervous for his first day of public school.

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​The and a/an are always adjectives!!

​an action, occurrence, or state of being

"It's what you do!"

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​Ex.

​give

​hike

​worked

​is

​forgave

​a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

​Adverbs usually end in "-ly."

​Describe the how or when of the verb, or add something to the adjective/adverb

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​Ex.

​happily, early, thoughtfully, so, not, very

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​She unfortunately submitted her very rushed essay late.

​a word used to describe direction, time, and place/location of an object or action

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​Ex.

​in, to, into, about, behind, on, during, after, within, until, near, etc.

a word that connects sentences or words

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​Ex.

​and, as, because, but, for, just as, or, neither, nor, not only, so, whether, yet

​a word or phrase that is an exclamation

​usually separate from the rest of the sentence

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​Ex.

​Oh!, Wow!, Really!, Congrats!,

Bless you!, No way!