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There are 8 parts of speech definitions for kids: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.
Below you'll find printable parts of speech worksheets. On these worksheets, students learn to identify the part of speech of a word according to how it is used in a given sentence. Then, they are given opportunity to practice writing sentences using the specified part of speech.
- Nouns. Nouns are words that are used to refer to the names of people, places, a thing, or a collection of things, animals, and ideas. There are many different types of nouns and each one serves a specific purpose.
- Pronouns. Pronouns are words that take the place of a specific noun. The word pronoun actually originates from a Latin word meaning ‘in place of the noun’.
- Adjectives. Adjectives are words that modify a noun or a pronoun. They help describe people, places, things, or a collection of things, animals, and ideas.
- Verbs. Verbs are used to express an action or a state. They are the words in a sentence that express what the subject is doing. That’s why they are sometimes referred to as ‘doing words’.
uk / ˌmɪkst ˈʌp / us / ˌmɪkst ˈʌp /. Add to word list. upset, worried, and confused, especially because of personal problems: [ before noun ] He's just a mixed-up kid. (Definition of mixed up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
All you need to know about "MIXED UP" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
In English, there are nine basic types of words. These types are called parts of speech. Some sentences contain only two parts of speech, while other sentences can contain many more. Listed below are the different parts of speech.
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