Exploring Parts of Speech

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Objective

I can identify the eight parts of speech in a sentence.

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Learn English with Gill · engVid · 9:38

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea; examples include table, John, and happiness.

  2. 2

    An adjective is a word that describes a noun, such as large, small, or red, and it usually comes before the noun in English.

  3. 3

    A pronoun replaces a noun to avoid repetition; examples of pronouns are I, you, he, she, and it.

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Practice

5 questions

1

Which part of speech describes a noun?

2

Provide an example of an abstract noun and explain why it is considered abstract.

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Exit ticket

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Identify each of the parts of speech in the following sentence: 'The small cat quickly ran up the stairs.'

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