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.
Three small words we often see
Are ARTICLES - a, an, and the.
In place of nouns the PRONOUNS stand;
John’s head, his face, my arm, your hand.
VERBS tell of something being done;
As read, write, spell, sing, jump, or run.
How things are done the ADVERBS tell;
As slowly, quickly, ill, or well.
They also tell us where and when;
As here, and there, and now, and then.
A PREPOSITION stands before
A NOUN; as in or through a door.
CONJUNCTIONS sentences unite;
As kittens scratch and puppies bite.
The INTERJECTION cries out “Hark!
I need an exclamation mark!”
A little disclaimer from one of her readers:
Wait, wait! Part of that is wrong! Pronouns truly take the place of a noun: I, you, he, she, they, it.
His, her, its–they can’t stand in place of nouns; they describe noun. That makes them possessive adjectives.
John goes for a walk.
He goes for a walk.
*His goes for a walk.
Here's a little quiz for my kiddos.
Deze cat doesn't go for a walk.
Deze cat goes for a lengthy scratch.
Dat scratch makes me miss Scratch!
1) Name the interjection.
2) What part of speech is the word "lengthy". (I'll give ya a tootsie roll for this, 'cause it's a little confusing to me!) :)
3) What languages do you think I think I'm speaking? Is it a real language? What language?
4) One a scale of 1-10, how crazy do you think I am? :-)
5) Write a decent poem for this picture, would ya?!
6) Thank ya kindly.
7) Yeah, these last two don't really count, but if you do 'em I'll let you rub my feet. :)
I'm nice like that.
