Part of speech definition review
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noun
a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
verb
a word that shows action, links another word to the subject, helps another verb, or merely indicates existence
preposition
a word that shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence
pronoun
a word that takes the place of a noun
conjunction
a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses
adjective
a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun; answers the questions what kind, which one, how many, how much, whose
adverb
a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; answers the questions where, when, how, how often, or to what extent
interjection
an exclamatory word that is not related to the other words in a sentence
