English Grammar and Jargon Flashcards

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“IN”, THE MIDDLE: Here’s the clue: it’s a synonym for “clue”

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hint

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SYNONYM ROLL: This gymnastics roll sounds like it contains a season

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somersault

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THE SIMPLER 4-LETTER SYNONYM: Bogus or counterfeit

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fake

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SYNONYMS FOR COLD: Vanilla or chocolate, it’s Wendy’s version of a milkshake

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a frosty

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Y, OH Y: Because they mean the same thing, mix and blend are said to be these

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synonym

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GRAMMAR A-Z: P: The building blocks of a sentence are subject and this, what is said of the subject

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predicate

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3rd GRADERS KNOW THIS STUFF: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does

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subject

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GRAMMAR: It’s the predicate in the sentence “The glass is full.”

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is full

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SYNONYMS: It’s an antonym of even and a synonym of peculiar

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odd

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ON WORDS: Both left and wrong are antonyms of this word

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right

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ANTONYMS: It’s just a frown turned upside down

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smile

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ANTONYMS: Its antonyms include soft and easy

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hard

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ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: That loop on a needle

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eye

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ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: To be under obligation to repay something

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owe

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ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: A noisy bird

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jay

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ALPHABET HOMOPHONES: In Romania they say “da”, in Japan, “hai”, and in Panama, this

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si

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ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: In song it’s “a drink with jam and bread”

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tea

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HOMONYMS: To switch, or the dimes and quarters in your pocket

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change

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HOMONYMS: To throw a fishing net into the water, or the actors in a play

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cast

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JACK BE HOMONYM-BLE: It means to strike with a very quick blow / Or to rock the mic like Eminem, yo

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rap

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JACK BE HOMONYM-BLE: A golf interjection, or toward the bow on a ship

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fore

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BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Pulled behind a truck

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towed/toad

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BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Bread begins as this

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dough (doe)

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BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Too sick, can’t speak

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hoarse (horse)

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BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Trendy hair gel

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mousse (moose)

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ANATOMICAL HOMONYMS: It’s the singular pronoun of your visual organ

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eye (I)

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ANATOMICAL HOMONYMS: It’s the large rabbit that grows out of your head

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hair (hare)

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ANATOMICAL HOMONYMS: It grasps how you smell

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nose (knows)

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ALLITERATION: You can wish someone “Merry Christmas” or be more general and say this; either way, you’re being nice!

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Happy Holidays

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IN THE DICTIONARY: Representing an unstressed neutral vowel, a schwa looks like this lower-case letter turned upside down

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e

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VOWEL-POURRI: There are 4 consonants in a row in this word for combining 2 vowels in the same syllable, as in “coin” or “loud”

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diphthong

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RELIGION: Well-known nickname of Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddha