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suffix

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A suffix is a letter or letters added tothe end of a word to modify its meaning. One common suffix is -s or -es, used to change a noun from singular to plural. An example would be one fox, two ...

noun

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A noun is a word that stands for a person, place, thing, or idea. Some examples of English nouns are: child, office, cat, car, democracy. Plural nouns indicate more than one of something, e.g. ...

verb

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A verb is a word that indicates action or a state of being. Examples of verbs indicating action include, for example: run, jump, think, drove, talked. States of being are indicated by "be" verbs ...

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun. Common adjectives indicate color, size, or other characteristics such as character traits. Examples of adjectives include: red, blue, tall, ...

adverb

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An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or an entire phrase. In the phrase "John opened the door very slowly," very is an adverb modifying the adverb slowly, which in ...

homonym

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One of two or more words that have the same pronunciation (homophones) and/or the same spelling (homographs), but different meanings. One example would be bow, which can be pronounced one way to ...

exclamatory sentence

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An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. This type of sentence ends with an exclamation point. Examples: Stop the madness! How beautiful the stars are!