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WARM UP ACTIVITY
(Writing Section of your notebook/binder)
Try to remember the 8 parts of speech and give an
example of each.
Hint: the first one is NOUN.
Nouns
Adjectives
Pronouns
Verbs
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Interjections
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A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
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An adjective describes a noun. It tells how many, which one
and what kind.
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A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
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A verb shows action or state of being.
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An adverb describes verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. An
adverb answers how, when, where, why and under what
condition.
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Conjunctions “hook” together words, phrases and/or clauses.
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Prepositions are words that relate its object (the noun or
pronoun) to another word in the sentence.
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Interjections are words that show emotion; an exclamation
Examples:
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Noun: The brave woman swam from Cuba to Key West, Florida.
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Verb: The brave woman swam from Cuba to Key West, Florida.
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Pronoun: She swam from Cuba to Key West, Florida.
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Adjective: The brave woman swam from Cuba to Key West, Florida.
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Adverb: The very brave woman swam from Cuba to Key West, Florida.
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Conjunction: There were spectators and supporters who greeted the woman when she
arrived at Key West.
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Preposition: The woman survived through the difficult obstacles while swimming from
Cuba to Florida.
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Interjection: Wow! Diana Nyad, 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to
Florida.