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how
Adverb
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The word "how" is a question word, to ask about the way something happens or the way people do things.
How will we ever solve this problem?
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The word "how" is used to tell about the way something happens or the way people do things.
I know how we can solve this problem?
This is how to make this machine work.
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used to show that you feel strongly about something.
How old he looks!
how
Subordinator
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You use how to tell that something happens, is done, or is true.
She told him how it wasn't fun anymore.
was
Verb
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A form of the verb be used to talk about yourself, or another person in the past.
I was singing in the shower.
Who was that girl you were talking to?
your
Pronoun
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Your things are things which belong to you.
Can I eat some of your ice-cream please?
birthday
Noun
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The day you were born.
They will need your birthday on the application.
My birthday is September 14, 1972.
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The same day of the year you were born, happening every year. Often there is a party for a person's birthday.
My birthday is September 14.
We celebrated my birthday a week late this year.