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Parts of Speech
The part of speech depends upon how the word functions in a sentence. If you want to figure out the part of a speech for a word, then you have to think about the word's meaning, position, and use. Click on the links next to the definitions to see samples of the different parts of speech.
 * 1) Nouns are the names of persons, places, things, and ideas.
 * 2) Pronouns  take the place of nouns.
 * 3) Verbs  give information about the subject by telling what the subject does, is, or seems to be.
 * 4) **Articles** are often attached to nouns. There are only three of them: //a//, //an//, and //the//.
 * 5) ** Adjectives ** describe nouns. They can give information about size, shape, color, taste, smell, sound, and many other things.
 * 6) ** Adverbs **describe verbs. They tell how, when, or where something happens and often end in //-ly//.
 * 7) ** Prepositions **are short words that come at the beginning of prepositional phrases, such as //to the lunchroom//, //after the class//, and //in a hurry.//
 * 8) ** Conjunctions ** are joining words, such as //and, but,// and //or//.
 * 9) ** Interjections ** are words that express strong feeling or emotion, such as //ouch, help//, or //quick//. These are often followed by an exclamation point.

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