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    The document defines several parts of speech: nouns name people, places, things or ideas and can be common, proper, singular or plural; verbs show action and can be regular or irregular; adjectives describe nouns and can indicate size, color, number, or other attributes; adverbs provide more information about verbs or adjectives and often indicate how, when or where; pronouns take the place of nouns; conjunctions connect words and sentences; prepositions link nouns to other parts of a sentence; interjections express emotions or sounds; and articles (a, an, the) act as adjectives and identify nouns. The document provides examples and definitions for understanding each part of

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    The document defines several parts of speech: nouns name people, places, things or ideas and can be common, proper, singular or plural; verbs show action and can be regular or irregular; adjectives describe nouns and can indicate size, color, number, or other attributes; adverbs provide more information about verbs or adjectives and often indicate how, when or where; pronouns take the place of nouns; conjunctions connect words and sentences; prepositions link nouns to other parts of a sentence; interjections express emotions or sounds; and articles (a, an, the) act as adjectives and identify nouns. The document provides examples and definitions for understanding each part of

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    The document defines several parts of speech: nouns name people, places, things or ideas and can be common, proper, singular or plural; verbs show action and can be regular or irregular; adjectives describe nouns and can indicate size, color, number, or other attributes; adverbs provide more information about verbs or adjectives and often indicate how, when or where; pronouns take the place of nouns; conjunctions connect words and sentences; prepositions link nouns to other parts of a sentence; interjections express emotions or sounds; and articles (a, an, the) act as adjectives and identify nouns. The document provides examples and definitions for understanding each part of

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    NOUNS

    A noun names a person, place, thing or idea.

    girl Saturn pencil love

    There are many types of nouns.


    Common nouns name Proper nouns name a
    any noun. specific noun.
     teacher  Mrs. Jane
     school  H.R Elementary
     book  Harry Potter
    Singular nouns name one Plural nouns name more
    thing. than one.
     dog  dogs
     child  children
     pizza  pizzas
    You can also add an apostrophe to make a noun possessive. A possessive
    noun shows ownership. In the phrase Jake’s dog, the apostrophe tells you
    the dog belongs to Jake.
    VERBS
    A Verb is a word that shows action. It can also be a
    word that links a noun to another word. Action
    Verbs can be past, present, and future tense.

    Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense


    I walked home I am walking home I will walk home
    yesterday. today. tomorrow.

    I cleaned my room I am cleaning my I will clean my room


    last week. room right now. later.

    Most of the time you can add -ed to a verb to make


    it past tense. Sometimes, verbs are irregular and
    you have to change the spelling.

    Present Tense Irregular Past Tense

     say  said
     bring  brought
     tell  told
     sing  sang
     break  broke
    ADJECTIVE
    S
    An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It can
    describe or tell about;

    big smooth five kind


    small rough few rude
    huge soft many shy

    Size Texture Number Personality

    red round sweet pretty


    yellow square sour clean
    dark large yummy tidy

    Color Shape Taste Appearance

    Indicative Comparative Superlative


    describing one comparing two comparing two or
    more
    good better best
    fun more fun most fun
    smart smarter smartest
    fast faster fastest

    Add -er or use more Add -est or use most


    ADVERBS
    ADVERBS
    An adverb can tell more information about a verb
    or an adjective.
    The incredibly smart boy aced his test.
    In that sentence incredibly is the adverb. It gives us more
    information about the adjective smart which describes the
    boy.

    The dog ran quickly.


    In that sentence quickly is the adverb. It gives us more
    information about the verb ran. It tells us how the dog ran.

    Adverbs usually tell:

    HOW WHEN WHERE

    Adverbs that Adverbs that Adverbs that


    tell how: tell when: tell where:
    carefully yesterday there
    gently now here
    quickly before everywhere
    lazily after outside
    Used alone mine, yours, his, hers, ours,

    PRONOUNS
    theirs
    Used before a noun my, your, his, her, their, our

    A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

    For example:
    You can replace Becky with the pronoun she.
    You can replace Bobby with the pronoun he.
    You can replace Becky and Bobby with the pronoun
    they.
    Pronouns can be…
    …the subject of the … the object of a sentence
    sentence me, you, him, her, us, it,
    I, you, he, she, we, it, they them
    He slept during the movie. Did you ask him about the
    movie?

    Pronouns can also be possessive. They can show


    ownership.
    CONJUNCTIONS
    For Can you grab the book off the shelf, for I am not tall
    enough to reach it?
    And I went to the park, and I went down the slide.
    Nor Miles doesn’t like doing his homework, nor does he
    like going to school.
    But The students all wanted pizza for the party, but no one
    wanted to buy it.
    Or We could go get ice cream, or we could go get pizza.
    Yet Projects can be really exciting, yet they can be really
    hard work.
    So It is raining, so we will stay inside.

    A conjunction connects words, phrases, and


    sentences. There are coordinating, subordinating,
    and correlative conjunctions.

    There are seven coordinating conjunctions.

    F A N B O Y S
    for and nor but or yet so

    Examples of FANBOYS in sentences:


    PREPOSITION
    S
    A preposition links a noun or pronoun to the other
    parts of a sentence. They are usually positional
    words.

    in on behind
    next to

    under
    A prepositional phrase gives more information about the sentence.
    It is not a sentence all by itself but it helps the reader visualize what
    is going on in the sentence.

    The train raced across the tracks.


    The swimmer dove into the water.
    Michael put the box on top of the table.
    l put the groceries in the back of the car.
    Joe put the peanut butter on the bread.
    Interjections that show Interjections used as a
    emotions greeting
    Wow! Ouch! Hoorah! Rats! Hey! Hi! Hello! Yoo-Hoo!
    Darn! Ta Da!
    Interjections that show Interjections that are just
    agreement/disagreement sounds
    Yes! No! Yeah! Nah! Ok! Aww! Argh! Ugh! Grr! Eek!
    Nope! You Bet! Sure! Yikes! Phew!

    INTERJECTIONS
    Interjections are words or phrases that show;

    WOW! HI! OK! EEK!


    emotion greeting agreement sounds

    Interjections help the author set the tone of the


    sentence.
    Hey! Here are more interjections.
    A is used before nouns that begin with a
    consonant. Articles act like adjectives are used to
    a describe some nouns.
    I will bring a lunch to school tomorrow.
    An is used before words that begin with a vowel.

    an An is used to identify a general noun.


    I heard an interesting story on TV.
    The is used before nouns that refer to one of
    something. The is used to identify something
    the specific.
    The big dog ran down the street.

    ARTICLES
    A, an and the are all articles. There are only three
    articles. Articles act like adjectives and are used to
    describe some nouns.

    a an the

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