are
a
person
,
place
,
thing
,
or
idea
.
They
can
take
on
a
myriad
of
roles
in
a
sentence
,
from
the
subject
of
it
all
to
the
object
of
an
action
.
They
are
capitalized
when
they're
the
official
name
of
something
or
someone
,
called
proper
nouns
in
these
cases
.
stand
in
for
nouns
in
a
sentence
.
They
are
more
generic
versions
of
nouns
that
refer
only
to
people
.
are
action
words
that
tell
what
happens
in
a
sentence
.
They
can
also
show
a
sentence
subject's
state
of
being
(
is
,
was
)
.
Verbs
change
form
based
on
tense
(
present
,
past
)
and
count
distinction
(
singular
or
plural
)
.
describe
nouns
and
pronouns
.
They
specify
which
one
,
how
much
,
what
kind
,
and
more
.
Adjectives
allow
readers
and
listeners
to
use
their
senses
to
imagine
something
more
clearly
.
describe
verbs
,
adjectives
,
and
even
other
adverbs
.
They
specify
when
,
where
,
how
,
and
why
something
happened
and
to
what
extent
or
how
often
.
show
spacial
,
temporal
,
and
role
relations
between
a
noun
or
pronoun
and
the
other
words
in
a
sentence
.
They
come
at
the
start
of
a
prepositional
phrase
,
which
contains
a
preposition
and
its
object
.
join
words
,
phrases
,
and
clauses
in
a
sentence
.
There
are
coordinating
,
subordinating
,
and
correlative
conjunctions
.
function
like
adjectives
by
modifying
nouns
,
but
they
are
different
than
adjectives
in
that
they
are
necessary
for
a
sentence
to
have
proper
syntax
.
Articles
and
determiners
specify
and
identify
nouns
,
and
there
are
indefinite
and
definite
articles
.
are
expressions
that
can
stand
on
their
own
or
be
contained
within
sentences
.
These
words
and
phrases
often
carry
strong
emotions
and
convey
reaction
s