Word Types

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  • Created on: 13-12-21 14:06
Personification
Personification is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have
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Noun
A noun is a naming word.
It is a thing, a person, an animal or a place
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Verb
A verb is a main part of speech that is often used to describe or indicate an action
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Adverb
A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb and often used
to show degree, manner, place, or time. The words "almost" and "very" in "at almost three o'clock on a very hot day" are adverbs.
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Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes an animal, person, thing, or thought.
Adjectives include words that describe what something looks like and what it feels like to touch, taste, or smell.
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Preposition
Prepositions are words which link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in sentence.
Prepositions usually describe the position of something, the time when something happens and the way in which something is done.
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Conjunction
A word that acts as a 'joining word', connecting pairs or groups of words and clauses in a sentence.”
Many conjunctions are high-frequency words, such as “and”
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Interjection
An interjection is an exclamation or sudden expression within a sentence.
Common examples include ouch, well and wow!
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Noun

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A noun is a naming word.
It is a thing, a person, an animal or a place

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Verb

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Adverb

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Adjective

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