A POEM FOR CHILDREN (Attributed to John Neale, 1886)
Three little words you often
see
Are ARTICLES a, an and the.
A NOUN's the name of
anything,
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,
Her head, his face, our arms, your hand.
VERBS tell of something
being done,
To read, count, sing, laugh jump or run.
How things are done the
ADVERBS tell,
As slowly, quickly, ill or well.
CONJUNCTIONS join the nouns together,
As men and children, wind and weather.
The PREPOSITION stands before
A
noun, as in or through a 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.
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