Grammar
Your children are using these jingles in class to help them learn and remember the main parts of the English language. Use them to reinforce these parts at home.
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Noun Jingle
This little noun Floating around Names a person place or thing. With a knick Knack, paddy wack, These are English Rules Isn't language fun and cool? VERB JINGLE
A verb, a verb. What is a verb? Haven’t you heard? There are two kinds of verbs: The action verb and the linking verb. The action verb shows a state of action, Like stand and sit and smile. T he action verb is always doing Because it tells what the subject does. We stand! We sit! We smile! The linking verb is a state of being. Like am, is, are, was, and were, Look, become, grows, and feels. A linking verb shows no action Because it tells what the subject is. He is a clown. He looks funny. ADJECTIVE JINGLE
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun. An adjective asks, "What kind? Which one? How many?" To find an adjective, GO, ASK, GET. Where do I GO? To the noun or the pronoun. What do I ASK? What kind? Which one? How many? What do I get? An adjective! (clap) That's what! |
SENTENCE JINGLE
A sentence, sentence, sentence Is complete, complete, complete When five simple rules it meets, meets, meets. It has a subject, subject, subject And a verb, verb, verb. It makes sense, sense, sense With every word, word, word. Add a capital letter, letter And an end mark, mark. Now, we're finished, and aren't we smart! Now our sentence has all its parts! REMEMBER: Subject (clap, clap); Verb (clap, clap); Complete sense (clap, clap, clap); Capital letter, and an end mark, too. That's what a sentence is all about! ADVERB JINGLE
An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An adverb asks, "How? When? Where?" To find an adverb, GO, ASK, GET. Where do I GO? To a verb, adjective, or another adverb. What do I ASK? How? When? Where? What do I GET? An adverb! (clap) (clap) That's what! ARTICLE ADJECTIVE JINGLE
We are the article adjectives! Teeny, tiny adjectives! A, AN, THE A, AN, THE We are called article adjectives and noun markers. We are memorized and used every day. So, if you spot us, you can mark us With the label "A". We are the article adjectives! Teeny, tiny adjectives! A, AN, THE A, AN, THE |
THE PREPOSITION JINGLE
A PREP PREP PREPOSITION Is a special group of words That connects a NOUN, NOUN, NOUN Or a PRO PRO PRONOUN To the rest of the sentence. PREPOSITION FLOW (The 49 Prepositions Jingle)
1. Preposition, Preposition Starting with an A. (Fast) aboard, about, above, across, after, against, (Slow) along, among, around, at. 2. Preposition, Preposition Starting with a B. (Fast) before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, (Slow) beyond, but, by. 3. Preposition, Preposition Starting with a D. down (slow & long), during (snappy). 4. Preposition, Preposition Don’t go away. Go to the middle And see what we say. E-F-I and L-N-O except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, out, outside, over. 5. Preposition, Preposition Almost through. Start with P and end with W. past, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without. 6. Preposition, Preposition Easy as can be. We’re all finished, And aren’t you pleased? We’ve just recited All 49 of these. |
OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION JINGLE
Dum De Dum Dum! An O-P is a N-O-U-N or a P-R-O After the P-R-E-P In a S-E-N-T-E-N-C-E. Dum De Dum Dum - Done! PRONOUN (sung to the tune of "This Old Man")
This little pronoun, Floating around, Takes the place of a little old noun. With a knick knack paddy wack, These are English rules. Isn’t language fun and cool? SUBJECT PRONOUN
There are seven subject pronouns That are easy as can be: I and we, (clap twice) He and she, (clap twice) It and they and you. (clap three) POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
There are seven possessive pronouns That are easy as can be: My and our, (clap twice) His and her, (clap twice) Its and their and your. (clap three) THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH JINGLE
Want to know how to write? Use the eight parts of speech – They’re dynamite! Nouns, Verbs, and Pronouns – They rule! They’re called the NVP’s, and they’re really cool! The Double A’s are on the move; Adjectives and Adverbs help you groove! Next come the PIC’s, and then we’re done! The PIC’s are Preposition, Interjection, and Conjunction! All together now, the eight parts of speech, abbreviations please: NVP, AA, PIC - NVP, AA, PIC! |