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it's
Contraction
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The contraction of "it is".
Bring you coat. It's raining.
"Where's the book?" "It's on the teacher's desk."
"What's that?" "This? It's just a piece of paper."
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The contraction of "it has".
It's been a long time since I've had cake.
more
Determiner
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A larger amount.
He does more work than I do.
A lot more than twenty people came to the meeting.
You can have a little more money.
More than one glass was broken.
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.
I want more soup.
more
Adverb
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Having a larger amount of a characteristic in a group.
Pat is more intelligent than Terry.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
village
Noun
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A village is a very small town.
He lives in a village in the middle of nowhere.
than
Preposition
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Used to compare two things that are not equal.
The tree is higher than the house.
He is better than me.
It was much better than I'd expected.
town
Noun
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A small city.
She went to a town called Beaverton.
People from England call London "town".