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Language - English
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01/11/2005

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Term
Noun
Definition
A noun is a person, place,thing, quality, or act.
Example: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness
Term
Verb
Definition
Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do.
Example: to fly, to run, to be
jump, lived
Term
Adjective
Definition
An adjective describes a noun.
Example: hairy, crazy, wonderful
Term
Adverb
Definition
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or abverb. It often ends in "ly."
Example: carefully, easily, barely
Term
Interjection
Definition
An outcry or sudden utterance. Usually starts a sentence.
Example: Wow, Gosh, Yippee
Term
Perposition
Definition
A perpostion describes the relationship between a noun and another noun (or verb or adverb).
Example: to, under, for, at, by, from
Term
Conjunction
Definition
A conjunction joins together words, phrases, or clauses.
Example: and, or, but
Term
Pronoun
Definition
A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from context.
Example: he, it, they, she,
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