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Name and define all 9 parts of speech?

Here are the nine parts of speech, along with their definitions and examples:

1. Noun: A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

* Examples:

* Person: teacher, student, friend

* Place: school, city, country

* Thing: book, phone, car

* Idea: love, freedom, happiness

2. Pronoun: A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun.

* Examples:

* I, me, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, what, this, that

3. Verb: A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being.

* Examples:

* Action: run, jump, sing, eat, write

* State of being: is, are, was, were, will be

4. Adjective: An adjective modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun.

* Examples:

* big, small, red, blue, happy, sad

5. Adverb: An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

* Examples:

* quickly, slowly, loudly, softly, very, extremely

6. Preposition: A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

* Examples:

* on, in, at, to, from, with, by, for, about

7. Conjunction: A conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses.

* Examples:

* and, but, or, so, because, while, although

8. Interjection: An interjection expresses strong emotion.

* Examples:

* Wow! Ouch! Oh no! Hey!

9. Determiner: A determiner is a word that comes before a noun to specify which noun is being referred to.

* Examples:

* the, a, an, this, that, these, those, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, some, any, no, every, each, much, many, few, little

Let me know if you'd like more examples or a deeper explanation of any of these parts of speech!

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