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NOUN

S

Is a wordthat namessomething,such as a

person,place, thing

or idea.

Examples:

Person: MS.Campbell

Place: Ofce,Chicago

hing:

animal,computerIdea:

Concentration,impatience, wee!,

t"ping.

Pronouns

Is a wordused in

place o# anoun.

$%amples:

& $dmudo thoughthemight thepromotion.

& Noneo#spea!ers were

interesting.

& Thosewere thepoorest nations.

'erb

s

Is a word (orgroup o#

words) thate%pressesaction or a

state o#being.

he *rst !indo# +erb iscalled an

action verbthe second

!ind is!nown as alinking verb.

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-decti+es

Is a word thatmodi*es a

noun orpronoun.

-decti+esanswer

/uestionsabout the noun

or pronounsthe" describesuch as, 0owman"1, 2hat3ind1, 2hich

one1

-d+erbs

Is a wordthat modi*es

a +erb, anadecti+e, or

anotherad+erb.

-d+erbs o#tenanswer the#ollowing

/uestions,2hen1

2here1 0ow1or o whate%tent1

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Prepositions

Is a wor sucas to, for, from,

of and with)that shows the

relationshipbetween a

noun orpronoun andsome other

word insentence.

$%amples:

& he ceremon"ocurred onthe

coveredbridge.

&he ceremon"ocurred underthe covered

bridge.

Conuctions

Is a word (suchas and, or, orbut) that oins

words or groupso# words.

$%amples& ConceptionorNanc" will

attend thecon#erence.

& Panchospo!e /uietl"

and

deliberatel".

Interect ion s

Is a w ord thate%presses

stongemot ions .

he" a re usedm ore o #ten in

oralcommun ica t io

n than inwrit ten

commun ica t ion .

$%amp les :

&Oh ! I d idn4tm ea n to

start le "o u.

Go sh , thatw a s a n

e%haust inge%ercise.Wh ew !

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Subects

his in thesentence isthe word or

group o#words that

does

something,

hassomething

done to it, oris identi*ed

or described.

Predicate

Is the word orgroup o#

words thattells what thesubect does,what is done

to it, or how isidenti*ed ordescribed.

In other

words, thepredicatema!es a

statementabout thesubect.