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Nouns Adverbs Verbs

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Used to identify a thing or person

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Example Words Example Sentences

pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John

This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.

A noun is a naming word

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A noun is a
Pronouns Adjectives Prepositions

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Purpose

To identify an action or state

Conjunctions

naming word

Example Words Example Sentences

(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must

I love singing. I must remember to sing every day.

A verb is a doing word

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Used to replace a noun to make writing more interesting

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I, you, he, she, some

Silvia is Italian. She is beautiful.

Takes the place of a noun

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Used to precede or modify a noun to provide greater detail

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a / an, the, some, good, big, red, well, interesting

A shiny wand sat beside the wizards tall hat.

Used to describe nouns

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Links a noun to another word

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to, at, after, on, but, above, below, beside, about

The bridge lay over the river.

Describes the relationship between two objects

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Joins clauses or sentences or words

Conjunctions

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Example Words Example Sentences

and, but, when

I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.

Used to link words together

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Short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence

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oh!, ouch!, Hi!, well

Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.

Used to add emotion

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Describes a verb, adjective or adverb

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Example Words Example Sentences

quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.

Tell us more about a verb

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