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Noun: A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, or act.

Examples: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness Verb: Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do. Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived Adjective: An adjective describes a noun. Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful Adverb: An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb. It often ends in "ly". Examples: carefully, easily, barely Interjection: An outcry or sudden utterance. Usually starts a sentence. Examples: Wow, Gosh, Darn Preposition: A preposition describes the relationship between a noun and another noun(or verb or adverb). Examples: to, under, for, at, by, from Conjunction: A conjunction joins together words, phrases, or clauses. Examples: and, or, but Pronoun: A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from context. Examples: he, it, they

preposition. Fresh flowers wilt in the wind. adverb. The fish quickly swam away from the fisherman's nets. verb. Johann tiptoes to the refrigerator for a midnight snack. conjunction. We had hamburgers and chocolate milkshakes for dinner. pronoun. The coach of the track team has asked me to join the team.

pronoun. He accidentally wore one black sock and one brown sock to work. verb. Hooray! Our team won the championship!. preposition. The fish quickly swam away from the fisherman's nets. adverb. Lazy students rarely excel. verb. Yippee! Mom says we can go to the amusement park.

radius radii

radix automata

automaton automatons cargo cargi thesis thesi series series cargos theses seri

flagellum flagella fungus funguses

flagellums fungi

What is the ______ price of fresh salmon? currant current

Will you hand me that ______ of plastic sheets?

bail

bale

I could hear the ______ of the dog a mile away. whale wail

Ben's ______ confession made him sound honest. illusive elusive

There was a ______ in the fighting in Ireland. session cession

Darrell is one of the ______ of his uncle's estate. airs heirs

What are we going to do with all the ______ we receive in the mail? correspondents correspondence

They are going to ______ my membership. annual annul

Ben can be so stern and ______ sometimes. callus callous

I get lots of ______ on Christmas. presents presence

Court is now in ______. session cession

The cat ______ the couch every day. claws clause

Look at these words: cycle, bicycle, cyclical and encyclopedia. What does the prefix cyclo- mean? # circle # self # to drag, draw # to hear Look at these words: succeed, proceed, exceeded and preceded. What does the suffix -cede mean? # to go, to yield # outside # life # to write Look at these words: chronological, chronicle, chronic and anachronism. What does the root chrono mean? # life # many # to go, to yield # time Look at these words: benevolent, benediction, beneficiary and benefit. What does the prefix bene- mean? # to go, to yield # between # to hear

# good, well Look at these words: subtraction, attractive, tractor and traction. What does the root tract mean? # people # to drag, draw # time # to hear Look at these words: auditorium, audience, audition and audible. What does the prefix audi- mean? # many # good, well # against, opposite # to hear Look at these words: credit, credential, incredulous and credible. What does the prefix crede- mean? # circle # between # self # to believe Look at these words: dictionary, diction, verdict and predict. What does the suffix -dict mean? # distance, from afar # sound

# to write # speak

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