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What are examples of the eight parts speech?

Here are examples of the eight parts of speech, with explanations:

1. Nouns:

* Common nouns: refer to general things, not specific ones.

* Examples: cat, tree, happiness, city, chair

* Proper nouns: refer to specific people, places, or things.

* Examples: Sarah, London, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Gatsby

* Abstract nouns: refer to ideas, feelings, or concepts.

* Examples: love, justice, freedom, beauty, peace

2. Pronouns:

* Personal pronouns: refer to specific people or things.

* Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them

* Possessive pronouns: show ownership.

* Examples: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs

* Reflexive pronouns: refer back to the subject of a sentence.

* Examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

* Demonstrative pronouns: point to specific nouns.

* Examples: this, that, these, those

* Indefinite pronouns: refer to nonspecific people or things.

* Examples: someone, anyone, everybody, nothing, something

3. Verbs:

* Action verbs: describe what someone or something does.

* Examples: run, jump, eat, sleep, write, sing

* Linking verbs: connect the subject to a noun or adjective that renames or describes it.

* Examples: is, are, was, were, seem, become, appear

* Helping verbs: help the main verb in a sentence.

* Examples: do, did, have, has, had, will, would, can, could, may, might, should, must

4. Adjectives:

* Describe nouns or pronouns.

* Examples: happy, blue, small, tall, old, new, interesting, delicious

5. Adverbs:

* Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

* Examples: quickly, slowly, very, really, always, never, here, there, today

6. Prepositions:

* Show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

* Examples: on, in, under, over, beside, behind, before, after, during, to, from

7. Conjunctions:

* Connect words, phrases, or clauses.

* Examples: and, but, or, so, yet, because, although, while, since

8. Interjections:

* Express strong emotion.

* Examples: Wow! Ouch! Yikes! Oh no! Hurray!

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