GRAMMAR IN RHYME

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benita  #74908  Fri, 18 Feb 05 06:21 PM


A noun is a name of anything
A school, garden, kites or king.
Adjectives tell the kind of noun,
As great, small, pretty, white or brown
Instead of a noun the pronoun stands,
As his head, her face, your arm, my hand.

Verbs tell of something being done,
To read, count, carry, laugh or run.
How things are done the adverbs tell,
As slowly, quickly, ill or well.
Conjunctions join the words together
As men and women, wind and weather.

The preposition stands before the noun
As in or through a door.
The interjection shows surprise as
Oh! How pretty
Three little words you often see
Are articles a, an and the
The whole are nine parts of speech.
Which reading, writing and speaking teach.

  
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anita_a  #74919  Fri, 18 Feb 05 08:28 PM
Hey, thats a good one... Maybe you could make it a little humourous.
  
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Cheers,Anita
benita  #75036  Sat, 19 Feb 05 10:50 AM
Thank you Anita! Please continue to inspire me!
  
anita_a  #76679  Sat, 26 Feb 05 03:10 AM
u r most welcome. Post more of ur poems.
  
Anonymous  #135295  Thu, 08 Sep 05 09:54 PM
u changed like a few of the words and put ur name on it...Thats soo cheezy....thats not even kewl to take someone elses stuff change a few words...and put ur name on it...you know thats called well I forgot what its called anywayz...whatev....and dont say u didnt do that cuz u did
  
Anonymous  #250532  Sun, 30 Jul 06 06:48 PM

Sounds a lot like Malcolm Matheson's "Grammar in Rhyme" written in 1861 in Scotland.

  
benita  #250650  Mon, 31 Jul 06 04:00 AM

Yes it is!!!  I've always loved this poem and yes, it has been very very embarrassing for the way I told Anita to 'continue to inspire me' - I never even realised that it would appear to mean in context to the poem below.  I actually meant the other poems that I have posted.  Embarrassed [:$]Embarrassed [:$]Embarrassed [:$]  Please do check out my poems  - I am a very very amateur poetess. 

Sincerely apologise for the misunderstanding and the stupidest typo ever!Embarrassed [:$]Crying [:'(]

  
Sadeem  #251386  Tue, 01 Aug 06 11:04 PM

as if i read something like this before>>

but i do like it !!

  
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Anonymous  #264781  Sun, 10 Sep 06 12:19 AM

I like it...

Putting any piece of teaching in a 'song' formula makes it easy to learn...

Much fun is achieved, and that helps!

Regards

  
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