Sentence Structure

The eight parts of speech verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections are defined on the pages hyperlinked below. Some authorities would not list interjections, but would list determiners or articles, instead. Three little words you often see are ARTICLES: a, an, and the.A NOUN's the name of anything,
As: school or garden, toy, or swing.
ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun,
As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
VERBS tell of something being done:
To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run.
How things are done the ADVERBS tell,
As: slowly, quickly, badly, well.
CONJUNCTIONS join the words together,
As: men and women, wind or weather
The PREPOSITION stands before
A noun as: in or through a door.
The INTERJECTION shows surprise
As: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise!
The whole are called the PARTS of SPEECH,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.