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Definition Kinds

Pronouns words we use in the place of a full noun Personal Pronouns


Personal Pronouns

Subject Pronouns I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they

Object Pronouns me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them

Verbs
Determiner
Quantifier
Possessives
Adverbials
Adjectives
Prepositions
Articles
Nouns
Clause
Phrase
Sentence

Parts of speech

Namers

Noun
Name of a person, place, thing or idea
Daniel, London, table, hope

Pronoun
Is used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition
I, you, he, she, it, him, her

Performers

Verb
Shows an action or a state of being
Go, speak, eat, live, are, is

Describers

Adjective
Describes, modifies or give more information about a noun or pronoun
Cold, happy, young, two, fun

Adverb
Modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverbs. It tells how (often), where, when
Slowly, very, always, well, too

Connectors

Preposition
Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word
At, on, in, from, with, about

Conjunction
Joins two words, ideas, phrases together and shows how they are connected
And, or, but, because, yet, so

Exclaimers

Interjection
A word or phrase that expresses a strong emotion. Ir is a short exclamation
Ouch! Hey! Oh! Watch out!

Articles

Articles
Are used to signal the presence of a noun
A, an, the
Clause Structure

All clauses have at least two parts:

Noun phrase (subject) Verb phrase


The children laughed
All the people in the bus were watching

But most clauses have more than two parts

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