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Punctuation

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Used to complete a sentence or paragraph or a story.
eg: ! . , ? “

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Parts of Speech

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common nouns proper nouns pronouns

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Degrees of Comparison (but not tested on spelling)

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small, smaller, smallest or
big, bigger, biggest or
tall, taller, tallest

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Verbs

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A verb is a doing word eg: I RUN to the backyard.
Mary is SWIMMING in her swimming pool.

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Tenses, Contractions

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Tenses=
past-tense words, present tense and future tense eg:
Contractions=
we will = we’ll he will = he’ll can not = can’t will not = won’t

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Alphabetical Order

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To put a words in order from a-z. If the letter in the beginning of the word starts with a it most likely to be the first word.

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Direct Speech

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When the person is talking in a sentence or story or paragraph.

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Figures of Speech - Alliterations and Similes

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Alliteration are sentences that all mostly have the same letters.
eg: Sammy the snake slithered slowly to the sea.

Similes= comparing two things eg: mom is like an angel. But she’s not actually an angel yet.

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Adjectives

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A word that describes a noun. eg: You look pretty today.
I like your shiny bow in your hair.

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