4. Nouns name persons, places, things, qualities, feelings, concepts, activities, and measures. Persons Ryan, Angelica, employees Places San Francisco, Hawaii, Europe Things pizza, popcorn, surfboard Qualities reliability, flexibility, patience Feelings happiness, anger, confusion Concepts communication, productivity, freedom Activities working, snowboarding, dancing Measures day, week, inch, kilometer
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8. Action Verb Tells what the subject does; includes physical and mental action EXAMPLES dances, decides, works, praises Linking Verb Joins words that describe the subject EXAMPLES is, are, was, were, am, appears, seems, feels, smells, tastes, looks
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12. Prepositions join nouns and pronouns to other words in sentences. For example, The truck was driven by Kim. for Kim. to Kim. with Kim. around Kim. over Kim. Notice how prepositions change the relationship between Kim and the verb.
13. How many prepositions do you see in the following sentence? After the accident Kim went to Hawaii for a vacation in the sun. 4
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15. Interjections show surprise, disbelief, or strong feeling. Oops , I can’t believe I forgot the attachment again! Wow ! Did you feel that tremor?
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17. Exclaimers Interjections Connectors Prepositions Conjunctions Describers Adjectives Adverbs Performers Verbs Namers Nouns Pronouns Quick Summary of Parts of Speech
18. Show strong feeling Interjections Exclaimers Connect words Conjunctions Join nouns, pronouns to sentence Prepositions Connectors Describe verbs, adjectives, adverbs Adverbs Describe nouns and pronouns Adjectives Describers Show action or link words Verbs Performers Rename things Pronouns Name things Nouns Namers