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The Difference Between Nouns and Verbs: ____ are words that represent a person, place, thing or idea. They often serve as the ____ of a sentence; the thing that performs an action. For example: " The girl hugged the cat." " The girl hugged the cat." In this sentence, the girl is a ____ that stand for a person, and the person is performing the act of hugging. Notice that there’s another noun in the sentence, too: ____. This noun is not performing the action but is instead being acted upon. This noun is the ____. " The girl hugged the cat." Verbs, on the other hand, are the ____ words in a sentence. In the above example, ____ is the verb, or the action the girl performs. Verbs come in all sorts of tenses, but their function is always the same: to show ____ in the sentence. So, now we know that a noun is a word that ____ things, such as persons, places and things, as well as feelings, ideas and acts. We also know that verbs are ____. We use verbs to describe what nouns do. So, can a verb also be a noun? Can a verb also be a noun? The short answer is: ____. In the world of grammar, some words do ____ by serving as more than just one part of speech. Some words can either be a noun ____ a verb depending on how they are used in a sentence. Some words can be used as both nouns (____) and verbs (____). Their usage may sometimes change their ____, but it’s often simply context clues that make all the difference in your understanding. For example: "After my Asthma ____ the doctor decided ____ the problem with a new medication." In this sentence, the first use of “attack” is a ____; the second is a ____. “Attack” is pronounced the same in both cases. Here's another example: "Though the boy tried to use his broken alarm clock as ____, the teacher would not ____ his absence on the day of the final exam." In the sentence above, the first use of “excuse” is a noun; the second is a verb. Note that the pronunciation of the word changes depending on its usage. As a noun, “excuse” uses a softs “s” sound, but as a verb it uses a “z” sound instead. Let’s take a look at another example: The word: play. I like to ____ in the park with my friends. Play is a ____ in this sentence. We’re going to see ____ tonight at the theater. Play is a ____ in this sentence. As a conclusion, many words can act as either nouns or verbs, depending on the context: The ____ lasted three hours. (The play = subject) The children ____ outside. (play = main verb)

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