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The 8 Parts of Speech. Common Nouns: Words that name a person, place, or thing. The cow jumped over the moon . We celebrated my birthday with a great, big, chocolate cake . Shawn cut the grass. Shawn Cut grass. Proper Noun: A specific person, place, or thing.
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Common Nouns: Words that name a person, place, or thing
The cow jumped over the moon. We celebrated my birthday with a great, big, chocolate cake.
Shawn cut the grass. Shawn Cut grass
Proper Noun: A specific person, place, or thing
He walked across the Betsy Ross Bridge. Betsy Ross Bridge He across
Pronoun: words that take the place of nouns
Chris likes to eat. He likes to eat. Cindy is going to Becky’s house. She is going to her house.
I sing loudly during class. Loudly I class
Adjective: a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one.
Sour lemons Happy kids
Cindy has blonde hair. hair Cindy blonde
Verb: Is the action in a sentence
Erin is running a marathon. Jessica jumped over the spider. Spider Jessica Jumped
Adverbs: Describes how the action is performed. They tell how much, how often, when and where something is done. Usually end in ly The dog quickly ran towards his owner. How did he run?
The man sat alone. A. Sat man alone
Prepositions: A word that shows position or direction. Examples: in, out, under, over, after, into The cat was asleep under the covers.
I ran towards the school bus. Ran Towards School bus What did I do? In which direction?
Conjunctions: A word that connects words or phrases
And, but, or, nor, although, yet, so, although My dog likes to take long walks and catch Frisbees.
Ouch! I was stung by a bee. Ouch Stung bee