LEO: Literacy Education Online Grammar Condensed PARTS OF SPEECH PARTS OF A SENTENCE PARTS OF SPEECH Part of Speech Definition Examples Nouns Name persons, places, things, ideas, or qualities. Capote, woman, Mississippi River, seashell, hardship, courage Pronouns Usually replace nouns and function as nouns. I, you, he, this, that, who, which, everyone Verbs Express actions, occurences, or states of being run, write, be, appear, seem Adjectives Describe or modify nouns or pronouns. necessary, private, beautiful Adverbs Answer these questions: when, where, why, how, how much, in what way? They modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. very, too, loudly, finally, yesterday, next, daringly. Prepositions Relate nouns or pronouns to other words in a sentence. about, to, with, around, during, in, of, within Conjunctions Link words, phrases, and clauses. Coordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions Links words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance. and, but, so, for, or, nor, not only . . . but also, either . . . or Subordinating conjunctions Introduce clauses that cannot stand by themselves as complete sentences and link them to main clauses. | |
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