Here’s an old children’s rhyme about the eight parts of speech of English
grammar. It gives you an idea of what grammar is about. Read and remember it.
Every name is called a noun,
As field and fountain,
street 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 or bridal
ring.
Most verbs mean
action, something done,
To read and write, to
jump and run.
How things are done the adverbs
tell,
As quickly, slowly,
badly, well.
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, “Heed!
An exclamation point
must
follow me!”
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