The document discusses different parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. It provides examples of each with short phrases or sentences to illustrate how these parts of speech are used in language.

1. This balloon is red.
Elephants have trunks.
Pirates put their treasure in chests.
Nouns
Nouns are the names of things.
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2. They come from Mars.
The girl is pushing it. She has pigtails.
Pronouns
Pronouns are words used in place of nouns.
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3. The striped snake slithered by.
The cakes were delicious.
Dad’s spotty tie.
Adjectives
Adjectives help describe people, places or things.
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4. Laura is eating her food. The boy leapt in the air.
The crocodile crawls along slowly.
Verbs
Verbs are used to name actions.
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5. The boy is sleeping peacefully.
The man drove slowly.
She shouted loudly.
Adverbs
Adverbs help describe actions.
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