English Flashcards
1
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Proper noun
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A proper noun always begins with a capital letter Names given to Person: Amy Place: Australia Days: Saturday Month:November
2
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Proper noun:titles
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Also used for titles of things Book: Paper towns Film: Burnt Songs: Sorry Plays: Greece Sports teams: Liverpool Rivers and oceans: Atlantic Ocean
3
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Abstract nouns
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Feelings or emotions you can’t see it or touch it
Sad
Happy
4
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Collective nouns
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A group of objects
5
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Pronouns
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Use to avoid repetition
6
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Adjectives
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Describing word
7
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Verbs
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Doing word
8
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Adverb
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Describes the verb
Ex: the boy ran quickly
9
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Simile
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A comparison of normally unconnected things
As or like
10
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Metaphor
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Compares two things as if they were identical
11
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Personification
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Describes non living objects as if they were alive
12
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Alliteration
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The repetition of a letter in a sentence
13
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Onomatopoeia
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The sound that matches the word
14
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Prefixes
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A group of letters placed before the main part of the word
Ex:
Re:reappear
15
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Antonym
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The opposite
16
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Synonym
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Similar word
17
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Common noun
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Common nouns are names given to ordinary objects
Ex: Book,chair,table; etc
