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Cities In Spain Nouns as Subject, Object of a Verb, Object of a Preposition
Lalo is a student. Lalo lives in Seville.
Seville is a city. The bridge is in the park.
Carmen is a teacher. Carmen lives in Valencia.
Valencia is a city. Valencia is a city in Spain.
A noun is a person, place, or thing. Lalo is a student. Lalo = person Lalo = noun student = person student = noun Seville is a city. Seville = place Seville = noun The bridge is in the park. bridge = thing bridge = noun park = place park = noun
A noun can be the subject of a sentence. Carmen is a teacher. Carmen = subject A noun can be the object of a verb. Valencia is a city. city = object of verb A noun can be the object of a preposition. Valencia is a city in Spain. Spain = object of preposition Some common prepositions are: in, on, near.
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