One sentence I found useful was:
"Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs."
From this, I learned that adverbs are more flexible than I thought — they don’t just describe actions (verbs), but can also describe adjectives and even other adverbs.
Parts of Speech in this sentence:
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Adverbs – noun (subject)
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can modify – verb phrase (main action)
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verbs, adjectives, adverbs – nouns (objects being modified)
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other – adjective (describes “adverbs”)
Another sentence that stood out was:
"Prepositions show the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence."
It clarified for me that prepositions always have an object (noun or pronoun) and are about relationships in meaning.
Parts of Speech in this sentence:
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Prepositions – noun (subject)
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show – verb (main action)
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relationship – noun (object of the verb)
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between – preposition (starts the prepositional phrase)
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noun, pronoun, word, sentence – nouns (objects in the sentence)
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another – adjective (describes “word”)