This poem teaches about the eight parts of speech through examples. It defines nouns as names of people, places and things. Pronouns take the place of nouns like he for man and she for woman. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, like hungry camels and silky gowns. Adverbs describe verbs by indicating how, when and where something is done, such as actors acting strangely. Verbs indicate actions like run and jump. Prepositions show positions like at, on and behind. Conjunctions join words and phrases, like bread and butter. Interjections are exclamations like hey or wow.
This poem teaches about the eight parts of speech through examples. It defines nouns as names of people, places and things. Pronouns take the place of nouns like he for man and she for woman. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, like hungry camels and silky gowns. Adverbs describe verbs by indicating how, when and where something is done, such as actors acting strangely. Verbs indicate actions like run and jump. Prepositions show positions like at, on and behind. Conjunctions join words and phrases, like bread and butter. Interjections are exclamations like hey or wow.
This poem teaches about the eight parts of speech through examples. It defines nouns as names of people, places and things. Pronouns take the place of nouns like he for man and she for woman. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, like hungry camels and silky gowns. Adverbs describe verbs by indicating how, when and where something is done, such as actors acting strangely. Verbs indicate actions like run and jump. Prepositions show positions like at, on and behind. Conjunctions join words and phrases, like bread and butter. Interjections are exclamations like hey or wow.
Like _____________, _____________, _____________ and _____________; Pronouns take the place of nouns Like _____________ for man, _____________ for woman and ____________ for clowns; Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns Like ______________ camels and ______________ gowns When something is done the adverb then tells how and why and where and when People walk _______________, actors act _____________ The student is _______________ late, and time moves _______________ A verb means action, something done Like _____________ and _____________, _____________ and ____________ Noun positions are easy to see, just find the preposition ____________ the tree, ____________ the table and ____________ the station Conjunctions join in many ways As bread ____________ butter; not the former ____________ the latter The interjection cries out, Hey! Or says, ____________! Thats a lot of money! Through poetry we learn how each of these makes up the eight PARTS OF SPEECH.