Short Grammar
July 3rd, 2007 by admin
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POEMS AND RHYMES FOR KIDS
SHORT GRAMMAR
Three little words you often see
Are Articles, a, an, and the.
A Noun’s the name of any thing,
As school, or garden, hoop, or swing.
Adjectives tell the kind of noun,
As great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand–
His head, her face, your arm, my hand.
Verbs tell something to be done–
To read, count, laugh, sing, jump or run.
How things are done the Adverbs tell–
As slowly, quickly, ill or well.
Conjunctions join the words together–
As men and women, wind or weather.
The Preposition stands before
The noun, as in or through the door.
The Interjection shows surprise–
As Oh! how pretty, Ah! how wise.
The whole are called nine parts of speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.
“The Handy Cyclopedia Of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Covering Especially Such Information Of Everyday Use as is often Hardest to Find When Most Needed” Albert J Dubois, 1911, Joseph Trienens (Now in the Public Domain: not copyrighted in the United States)