PARTS OF SPEECH

A NOUN is the name of a thing,
As school, garden, kite or king;
ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun,
As great, small, pretty, white or brown;
Instead of nouns PRONOUNS stand,
He, She, It, I, You, We, They – all in our hand;
VERBS tell of something being done –
To read, count, laugh, cry or run;
How things are done the ADVERBS tell,
As slowly, quickly, very or well;
CONJUNCTIONS join the words together
As men and women, wind and weather;
The PREPOSITION stands before
A noun, as in, near or through a door;
The INTERJECTION shows surprise,
As Oh! Ow! Aha! Ah! How wise!
These are the eight parts of our speech.