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Parts of Speech. Can you guess the part of speech of each of these words? Brillig Mimsy Slithy Borogoves Toves Mome Gyre Raths Gimble Outgrabe Wabe. Parts of Speech. ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,
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Parts of Speech Can you guess the part of speech of each of these words? Brillig Mimsy Slithy Borogoves Toves Mome Gyre Raths Gimble Outgrabe Wabe
Parts of Speech ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Parts of Speech The following suffixes usually indicate nouns: -acy -ion, sion, tion -age -ance, ence -hood -ar,or -ism -ist -ment -ness -y -ty
Parts of Speech The following suffixes usually indicate adjectives: - al - ful -ly - ic - ish -like -ous -y -ate -able, ible
Parts of Speech The following suffix usually indicates adverbs: -ly
Parts of Speech The following suffixes usually indicate verbs: -ify -ate -ize -en