NOUN

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite nouns

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite nouns

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite nouns

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite nouns
And then I don't feel so bad.

by Oscar Hammerstein II,
lyricist of "My Favorite Things"
from The Sound of Music

THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

A NOUN names anything,

Like: school or garden, toy, or swing.

A PRONOUN replaces any noun
Like: he, she, you, I, It

An ADJECTIVE tell the kind of noun,

Like: great, small, pretty, white, or brown.

VERBS tell of something being done:
Like: read, write, count, sing, jump, or run.

How things are done the ADVERBS tell,

Like: slowly, quickly, badly, well.

CONJUNCTION joins the words together,

Like: men and women, wind or weather.

The PREPOSITION stands before a noun,

Like: in, before, along, beside.

The INTERJECTION shows surprise

Like: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise!

The whole are called the PARTS of SPEECH,

Which reading, writing, and speaking teach.

history of english

Welcome to my page.I really love learning the English language and I find it challenging and interesting. now let me bring you back to the history about it.

English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family. It is the second most spoken language in the world.

It is estimated that there are 300 million native speakers and 300 million who use English as a second language and a further 100 million use it as a foreign language. It is the language of science, aviation, computing, diplomacy, and tourism. It is listed as the official or co-official language of over 45 countries and is spoken extensively in other countries where it has no official status. The English language plays a vital part in the cultural, political or economic life many countries.

The are more than 60 countries that use English as a second language or as a foreign language compare to 27 for French, 20 for Spanish and 17 for Arabic. This domination is unique in history. Speakers of languages like French, Spanish and Arabic may disagree, but English is on its way to becoming the world's unofficial international language. Mandarin (Chinese) is spoken by more people, but English is now the most widespread of the world's languages.

Half of all business deals are conducted in English. Two thirds of all scientific papers are written in English. Most movies are in English. Over 70% of all post / mail is written and addressed in English. Most international tourism, aviation and diplomacy is conducted in English.

What more, in the Philippines, English is used as a medium of instruction in the schools, starting from pre-school to coPost Optionsllege.