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Grammar in rhyme

A noun is the name of anything,

As School, Garden, Kite or King.

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 of something being done,

To read, Count, Carry, Laugh or Run.

How things are done the adverbs tell,

Slowly, Quickly, Ill or Well.

Conjunctions join the words together,

As men And women, 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!

Three little words you often see

Are articles – A, An and The.

The whole are called Nine Parts of Speech,

Which reading, writing, speaking. teach.