W: What Words
Words (noun) are an author’s best friend. Without words, what would we write (verb)? We’d be woefully (adverb) unable to tell stories. What a wretched (adjective) world it would be, lacking in whimsical wittiness.
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Oh dear, you missed out on a ton of opportunities there :). You have a pronoun (we), and many other w words as well…including a helping verb (I believe).
Well, yes. But mainly I wanted to prove I had at least one of each!