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The eight parts of speech

The eight parts of speech

by Pilar Zamora López -
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1- Nouns: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas. (dog, house, happiness, Peter...)

2- Pronouns: Words that replace nouns to avoid repetition. (She, they, who, this)

3- Verbs: Words that express actions, events, or states of being. (sing, work, have...)

4- Adjetives: Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns. (happy, beautiful, tall...)

5- Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. (very, here, always...)

6- Prepositions: Words that show relationships between a noun (or pronoun) and other parts of the sentence, typically indicating location, direction, or time. (before, in, over...)

7- Conjunctions: Words that connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. (because, but, and...)

8- Interjections: Words or phrases that express strong emotions or sudden bursts of feeling, often standing alone. (Oh!, Wow!, Ouch!...)