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Parts of Speech in English

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adjective
words with comparative and superlative endings, modifying nouns
adverb
words ending with -ly, modifying verbs and adjectives
article
words linked to nouns that identify rather than describe (a or the)
auxiliary verb
words used to express distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, etc.
conjunction
connective words, clauses, or sentences (and but however)
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interjection
emotional words, grammatically isolated, (Hey! Oh! Ouch! Ugh!)
noun
main elements of subjects/objects, (cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness)
preposition
words expressing a spatial, temporal, or other relationship (in on by to)
pronoun
replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, (I you he this)
verb
words that express action, state, or a relation between two things
gerund
form regularly derived from a verb, functioning as a noun, ending with -ing
infinitive
a verb form that functions as a noun, (to do, to see, or to explore)
direct object
person or thing upon which verb action is performed; directed toward
indirect object
person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed

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