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Explain the function of other parts of speech, including adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and articles<\/h2>\r\n\"A<\/span>Now that we've learned about the most common parts of speech\u00a0(nouns, pronouns, and verbs), we're ready to move onto the other parts of speech.\r\n\r\nFirst we have adjectives and adverbs, which modify other words: they change our understanding of things. For example, compare the phrase \u201cthe bear\u201d to \u201cthe red bear\u201d or the phrase \u201crun\u201d to \u201crun slowly.\u201d\u00a0In both of these cases, the adjective (red) or adverb (slowly) changes how we understand the phrase. When you first read the word bear, you probably didn\u2019t imagine a red bear. When you saw the word run you probably didn\u2019t think of it as something done slowly.\r\n\r\nWe also have the\u00a0little connecting word categories: conjunctions, prepositions, and articles. These small words may not seem as important as verbs, nouns, and adjectives, but they are the backbone of English: these are the words that give our language structure.\r\n

What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n