Great Grammar in 1 Little Poem
I came across this wonderful little book not so long ago and lost it to my son. He found it absolutely fascinating to read, took it to school and that's where it has stayed for the past couple of months. Well I decided to flick through it when I came across it on his bed yesterday and fell in love with this little poem that just about sums up English grammar in a delightful way.
Every name is called a noun,
As field and fountain, street and town.
In place of a noun the pronoun stands,
As he and she can clap their hands.
The adjective describes a thing,
As magic wand and bridal ring.
The verb means action, something done -
To read, to write, to jump, to run.
How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As quickly, slowly, badly, well.
The preposition shows relation,
As in the street, or at the station.
Conjunctions join, in many ways,
Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.
The interjection cries out, 'Hark!
I need and exclamation mark!'
Through poetry, we learn how each
of these makes up the Parts of Speech.
By Anonomous
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