PARTS OF SPEECH - A COMPLETE VIEW
PARTS OF SPEECH
PARTS OF SPEECH -
TABLE
PART OF SPEECH
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BASIC FUNCTION
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EXAMPLES
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Noun
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names a person, place,
or a thing
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Indian, Ooty, ship
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Pronoun
|
takes the place of a
noun
|
I, you, he, she, it,
ours, them, who
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Verb
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identifies action or
state of being
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sing, dance, believe, be
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Adjective
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modifies a noun
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hot, lazy, funny, lucky
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Adverb
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modifies a verb,
adjective, or other adverb
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softly, lazily, often,
very
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Preposition
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shows a relationship
between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence
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up, over, against, by,
for
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Conjunction
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joins words, phrases,
and clauses
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and, but, or, yet, else
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Interjection
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expresses emotion
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Hurrah, ah, whoops, ouch
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCE
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