1)A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action. Examples:
cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival
2)A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something). Examples:
walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want
3)An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun. Examples:
big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important
4)An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. Examples:
slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere
5)A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. Examples:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
6)A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together. Examples:
but, so, and, because, or
7)A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. Examples:
on, in, by, with, under, through, at
8)An interjection is an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks. Examples:
Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!
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