7/24/2019 Parts of Speech Rhyme

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Three little words you often seeAre ARTICLES: a, an,and the.

A NOUN's the name of anythin!As: schoolor garden! toy! or swing.

A"#ECTI$ES tell the %ind of noun!As: great, small, pretty, white,or brown.

$ER&S tell of somethin ein done:To read, write, count, sing, jump,or run.

(ow thins are done the A"$ER&S tell!As: slowly, quickly, badly, well.

CON#UNCTIONS )oin the words toether!As: men andwomen! wind orweather.

The *RE*OSITION stands eforeA noun as: inor througha door.

The INTER#ECTION shows sur+riseAs: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise!

The whole are ,alled the *ARTS of S*EEC(!-hi,h readin! writin! s+ea%in tea,h.

- David B. Tower & Benjamin F. Tweed