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Eight parts of speech in a number-shape memory system.

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0. Donut Rhyming Parts of speech1. Paintbrush Nouns2. Swan Pronouns3. Heart Adjectives4. Yacht Verbs5. Hook Adverbs6. Elephant’s trunk Prepositions7. Boomerang Conjunctions8. Snowman Interjections9. Flag Poetry

0. Do not worry. Some parts of speech are given here: we made them rhyme to please your ear.

1. Paint every name as a NOUN __ field and fountain, street and town.

2. __ place of noun the PRONOUN stands, __ he and she hold a swan: __ is in their hands.

3. An ADJECTIVE _________ a thing, as magic wand or _____-shaped ring.

4. A VERB is action, _________ done. On a yacht, read and _____, or jump and run.

5. How hooks ___ made, the ADVERBS tell, as quickly, ______, badly, well.

6. A PREPOSITION shows relation: __ elephant in the street, or at ___ station.

7. CONJUNCTIONS ‘boomerang’ together, in many ‘FANBOY’ ____, sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.

8. _ snowman smiles and cries out, “Hark! __ INTERJECTION may need an exclamation mark.”

9. Through ______, we flag up how each of _____ eight things make up the PARTS OF SPEECH.

‘FANBOYS’ is an acronym of the seven coordinating conjunctions*:

For; And; Nor;

But; Or; Yet; So.

*Coordinating conjunctions, preceded by a comma, are used to join two independent clauses**.

**Independent clauses have a subject and a verb and express a single idea.

a. Guess the missing words. b. Learn the rhymes by yourself or in groups. c. Test your recall once a week.

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Nouns are a part of speech typically denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea.*

They can be proper or common, and concrete or abstract.

The examples used on this page are ‘field’, ‘fountain’, ‘street’ and ‘town’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun

Paintbrush ⟺ One ⟺ Nouns

1. Paint every name as a NOUN __ field and fountain, street and town.

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In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.*

The examples used on this page are ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ and ‘their’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun

Swan ⟺ Two ⟺ Pronouns

2. __ place of noun the PRONOUN stands, __ he and she hold a swan: __ is in their hands.

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In linguistics, an adjective is a "describing word", ... giving more information about the object signified.*

The examples used on this page are ‘magic’ and ‘_____-shaped’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjective

Heart ⟺ Three ⟺ Adjectives

3. An ADJECTIVE _________ a thing, as magic wand or _____-shaped ring.

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A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that… conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).*

The examples used on this page are ‘read’ and ‘_____’, ‘jump’ and ‘run’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb

Yacht ⟺ Four ⟺ Verbs

4. A VERB is action, _________ done. On a yacht, read and _____, or jump and run.

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An adverb is a word that changes or simplifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause, or sentence.*

The examples used on this page are ‘quickly’, ‘______’, ‘badly‘, ‘well’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb

Hook ⟺ Five ⟺ Adverbs

5. How hooks ___ made, the ADVERBS tell, as quickly, ______, badly, well.

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Prepositions are a class of words expressing spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, before) or marking various syntactic and semantic roles (of, for).*

The examples used on this page are ‘in’ and ‘at’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Preposition_and_postposition

Elephant ⟺ Six ⟺ Preposition

6. A PREPOSITION shows relation: __ elephant in the street, or at ___ station.

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In grammar, a conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, sentences, phrases or clauses.*

The examples used on this page are ‘or’ and ‘and’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_(grammar)

Boomerang ⟺ Seven ⟺ Conjunctions

** ‘FANBOYS’ is an acronym of the seven coordinating conjunctions: For; And; Nor; But; Or; Yet; So.

7. CONJUNCTIONS ‘boomerang’ together, in many FANBOY** ____, sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.

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In grammar, an interjection or exclamation may be a word used to express an emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker.*

The example used on this page is ‘hark’.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interjection

Snowman ⟺ Eight ⟺ Interjection

8. _ snowman smiles and cries out, “Hark! __ INTERJECTION may need an exclamation mark.”

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In grammar, a part of speech is a linguistic category of words... ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_of_speech

Flag ⟺ Nine ⟺ Parts of Speech

9. Through ______, we flag up how each of _____ eight things make up the PARTS OF SPEECH.

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9. Flag

Poetry

0. Donut

Rhyming

1. Paintbrush

Nouns

2. Swan

Pronouns

3. Heart

Adjectives

4. Yacht

Verbs

5. Hook

Adverbs

6. Elephant’s trunk

Prepositions

8. Snowman

Interjections

7. Boomerang

Conjunctions

The number-shape memory system: 0. Donut, 1. Paintbrush, 2. Swan, 3. Heart, 4. Yacht, 5. Hook, 6. Elephant, 7. Boomerang, 8. Snowman, 9. Flag, 10. Bat and ball.

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For long-term recall, rest then review; see how much you can really recall.

After a day; a week; a month then six more, to remember once and for all.

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