H O M E

VocabularyParts of Speech Study Guide

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H O M E

noun:

A word used to name a person, place or thing

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pronoun:

Any word used in the place of a noun.

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adjective:

A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

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verb:

A word or words in a sentence that show action or state of being.

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adverb:

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

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subject:

The person or thing that is being talked about, written about or studied.

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plural:

Talking about more than one person or thing.

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singular:

Talking about only one person or thing.

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conjunction:

A word that joins words or groups of words

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parts of speech:

The different jobs that words do in sentences. Some words name things, some words

describe things and some words show action.

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punctuation:

The way of using marks or symbols in writing and printing that make the written

communication clearer.

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capitalization:

Writing or printing with a capital, or large, letter or letters. Used to begin the first word of a sentence. Used when you are writing the name of a particular

person, place or thing.

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quotation marks (definition 1):

Marks that show exactly what someone has said or is saying.

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quotation marks (definition 2):

Marks used when a word is being talked about in a sentence.

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sentence (definition 2):

A written group of words put together in a way that communicates a complete thought. A written

sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark or exclamation point.

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exclamation point:

A mark that is used to show surprise, strong feeling or excitement.

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exclamatory sentence:

A sentence that shows surprise or strong feeling. It usually ends with an exclamation point.

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Question mark:

used after a sentence that asks a question.

Examples: What is your name? Where is my dog?

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Exclamation point :

used to show surprise, strong feeling or excitement.

Examples: We won the game! Wow!

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Apostrophe (def. 1):

used to show that something is owned or belongs to someone.

This is an apostrophe: ’ Examples: the car’s tire; Maria’s bike.

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Apostrophe (def. 2):

Used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a word.

Examples: He cannot go. He can’t go. She is not going. She isn’t going.

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Apostrophe (def. 3):

Used when writing more than one of numbers, letters and words being talked about as numbers, letters

There are two “e’s” in the word “bee.”

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declarative sentence:

A sentence that gives information but doesn’t ask for something or give an order.

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imperative sentence:

A sentence that asks or orders someone to do something. It usually doesn’t say the person or thing being talked to.

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period:

A dot used to show where the end of a sentence is.

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interrogative sentence:

A sentence that asks a question. It always ends with a question mark.

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apostrophe (definition 1):

A mark used to show that something is owned or belongs to someone.

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apostrophe (definition 2):

Used to show that a letter or letters have been left out of a word.

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apostrophe (definition 3):

Used when writing more than one of numbers, letters and words being talked about as numbers, letters or words.

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paragraph:

One or more sentences that are connected to each other because they are about the same main idea.