Three little words you often see,
Are a, an, and the.
A is the name of anything
As school, garden, hoop, or swing.
It tells the kind of noun-
Great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
Instead of nouns the pronouns stand-
Her head, his face, your arm, my hand.
Verbs tell of something to be done,
To read, sing, jump, or run.
Adverbs tell how things are done,
As slowly, quickly, ill, or well.
Conjunctions join words together,
As men and women, wind or weather.
The preposition stands before a noun,
As at or through the door.
Interjections show surprise,
As Ah! How pretty - Oh! How wise.
The whole are called nine parts of speech,
Which reading, writing, and speaking teach.
A is the article.