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What are the four principal parts of speech?

There are more than four principal parts of speech! Here are the common eight:

* Nouns: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., *dog*, *city*, *table*, *love*).

* Pronouns: Words that replace nouns (e.g., *he*, *she*, *it*, *they*).

* Adjectives: Words that describe nouns or pronouns (e.g., *happy*, *big*, *red*, *beautiful*).

* Verbs: Words that show action or a state of being (e.g., *run*, *eat*, *sleep*, *be*).

* Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., *quickly*, *happily*, *very*, *extremely*).

* Prepositions: Words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence (e.g., *on*, *in*, *under*, *over*).

* Conjunctions: Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., *and*, *but*, *or*, *because*).

* Interjections: Words that express strong emotion (e.g., *Wow*, *Ouch*, *Oh no*, *Hooray*).

It's possible you're thinking of a different set of grammatical terms, like the principal parts of a verb. These are the forms of a verb that show its tense and aspect:

* Infinitive: The base form of the verb, often preceded by *to* (e.g., *to run*, *to eat*, *to sleep*).

* Past tense: Shows action that happened in the past (e.g., *ran*, *ate*, *slept*).

* Past participle: Used in perfect tenses (e.g., *run*, *eaten*, *slept*).

* Present participle: Used in progressive tenses (e.g., *running*, *eating*, *sleeping*).

Please clarify your question if you were looking for a different set of terms! 😊

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