Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The Parts of Speech

Here's a poem we learned in primary school. Elocute it, draw it, sing it, rap it, put a tune to it--do anything that will help you know it by heart so you know your fundamental grammar!


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Every name is called a noun,
As field and fountainstreet and town;

In place of noun the pronoun stands
As he and she can clap their hands;

The adjective describes a thing,
As magic wand and bridal ring;

The verb means action, something done -
To readto writeto jumpto run;

How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As quicklyslowlybadlywell;

The preposition shows relation,
As in the street, or at the station;

Conjunctions join, in many ways,
Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase;

The interjection cries out, 'Hark!
I need an exclamation mark!'

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