Sunday, July 6, 2008

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.

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