in a sentence. The parts of speech tell you how a word is used.
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*noun: a person, place or thing
Example: student, school, lunch, web site, brother, table, English, dog, math, Ms. Lam, pencil case, happiness, Canada, fish, April, Yonge Street
* Thing doesn't always have to mean something you can touch or see, like a table. It can be an idea, behaviour or a feeling: happiness, idea, philosophy, sight, love, childhood.
* A proper noun is the name of the person, place or thing, so the first letter is capitalized: Ms. Lam, Nunavut, Lake Ontario, Rinaldo, English, Friday, April, Valentine's Day.
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*pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun
* subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Example: Toronto is a big city. It is a big city.
The students read every day. They read every day.
* object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Example: Don't make Ms. Lam crazy. Don't make her crazy.
The dog barked at the burglars. The dog barked at them.
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*verb: an action or being word that tells what the noun or pronoun is doing
Example: sit, is sitting, jump, think, sleep, learn, study, buy, bought, is, was, run, runs, do, does, did, exist, eat, ate
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*adjective: a word that describes a noun or pronoun
Example: blue, small, quick, happy, good, smooth, rough, polite, crazy
The beautiful Rainbow Fish gave away his shiny scales. He was happy because he had many good friends.
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Example: quickly, quietly, carefully, patiently, fast, well
He walked quickly to the bus stop.
* An adverb can also modify an adjective.
Example: very, more, badly
She was very hungry.
* An adverb can also modify another adverb.
Example: really, very, extremely
The children worked really quietly.
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*preposition: tells the relationship between its noun and another part of the sentence. A preposition is always followed by a noun or pronoun.
Example: in, on, at, over, under, near, from, with, to, after, across
in the caf The students were in the caf.
near Rinaldo Little Joe lives near Rinaldo.
at 9 o'clock They go to sleep at 9 o'clock.
with me Come to the library with me.
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*conjunction: a word that joins words or sentences
Example: and, but, or, if, because, when, although, while
I like bananas and oranges but I don't like apples.
*In this sentence, "and" joins bananas and oranges; "but" joins the two sentences I like bananas and oranges and I don't like apples.
The students were happy because they had first lunch.
*In this sentence, "because" joins the two sentences The students were happy and They had first lunch.
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*interjection: a short word added to a sentence to show feeling
Example: Wow! Oh! Ouch! Hey! Well
Wow! That was an easy test!
Well, I'm not sure I got question #2 right.
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Test yourself
Copy the sentences, then write the parts of speech under the words.
1. Little Joe wrote a report on Tuesday.
2. The cat and dog slept soundly, while the small, grey mouse ran around the dark room.
3. Hey, you stepped on my foot!
4. It's noisy in the classroom, because the students are singing "Titanic" very loudly.
5. We walk fast when we are late.
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