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Mr. Es Good Enough For Now Grammar Guide There are seven parts of speech in English.

You need to be able to identify them all. Nouns (Person Place Thing + Abstract) Person: doctor, barber, teacher, surfer, terrorist, guitarist, mime Place: hospital, shop, school, beach, cave, stage, sidewalk Thing: stethoscope, scissors, ruler, surfboard, explosives, tuner, air Abstract: Danger, Fear, Love, Courage, Devotion, Appreciation, Concern Verbs (Actions) Present: Jump, Play, Dance, Sing, Cook, Destroy, Interrogate, Annoy, Defenestrate Past: Jumped, Played, Danced, Sang, Destroyed, Interrogated, Annoyed, Defenestrated Helping Verb: Has, Have, Had, Do, Does, Did, May, Must, Might, Can, Could, Shall, Should, Will, Would, Ought State of Being: is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been Pronouns (Noun Replacements) Personal: I, me, you, we, us, they, them, it Possessive: mine, yours, ours, theirs, its Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves, Adjectives (Describing words) Articles: A, An, The Demonstrative: This, That, Those, These, Yonder Determiner: My, Our, Your, Thy, His, Her, Its, Their Descriptive: Big, small, ugly, cute, blue, green, tired, hyperactive, insane Adverbs (Mostly ly Words) How: easily, fast, loudly, quickly, mysteriously, righteously When: often, seldom, soon, never, always, sometimes, daily Prepositions (Words Before Connected Additional Noun Phrases) Of, To, In, For, On, With, As, By, At, From, During Conjunctions (FANBOYS) For And Nor But Or Yet So. Although, If, Unless, Because, While Interjections (Words just thrown in-between) Hello! Goodbye! Jinkies! Zoinks! Eureka! Egads! Uh Er Um Sooooo Like. Sorry!

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