Monday, December 15, 2008

parts of speech (2)

Three little words you often seeAre ARTICLES:
a, an, and the.

A NOUN's the name of anything,As: school or garden, toy, or swing.

ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun,As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown.

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

How things are done the ADVERBS tell, As: slowly, quickly, badly, well.

CONJUNCTIONS join the words together,As: men and women, wind or weather.

The PREPOSITION stands beforeA noun as: in or through a door.The

INTERJECTION shows surpriseAs: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise!

The whole are called the PARTS of SPEECH,Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

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