Here is a rhyme, written by David B. Tower and Benjamin F.Tweed, that teachers used in days gone by to help students learn the principal parts of speech:

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.

A PRONOUN replaces any noun:
he, she, it, and you are found.

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, or 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.

This section provides you with interactive activities designed to provide a review of the rules of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and usage—the conventions and rules of Standard English.