PARTS OF SPEECH SONG
(to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
A NOUN‘s a person, place, or thing,
like Shakespeare, London, stage, or scene.
A PRONOUN takes a noun’s old place,
like he and she cannot embrace.
An ADJECTIVE describes a noun,
like English king or hollow crown.
A VERB can link or it can act,
like that is Brutus; he attacked.
An ADVERB likes to add -ly,
like sadly Duncan’s going to die.
A PREPOSITION shows location,
like on the stage, around the nation.
CONJUNCTIONS join in many ways,
like Hamlet and Macbeth are plays.
An INTERJECTION calls out, “Hark!”
like “Yuck! It’s rotten in Denmark!”
Eight parts of speech, now please don’t fret!
Just sing this song and don’t forget!
-Joe Klomparens (the original inspiration for this song was an old English classroom rhyme about grammar)