English Must Know List 🍋🐢🐥🐔🐮🐷🦊🧀🌯 Flashcards
What is a common noun
Ordinary things such as a table chair building a blanket a colour a bottle bed
What is a proper noun
The name of a place or person like ParisCharlie France
What is a compound noun
Words with two different meanings but I together such as butterfly pencicase bookbag
What is a collective noun
I name of a group or collection of things such as a herd of horses a pod of dolphins
What is a abstract noun
For example it’s something you can give but cant touch it’s a feeling for example loved happy upset anger
What is an adjective
Something to describe now on for examples the red car red is the adjective
What is a verb
A verb is a doing word such as run jump conclude right
What is an add verb
And add verb describes a verb such as he jumped very high very high would be the adverb she ran fast fast is the adverb
What is a pronoun
A pronoun is like he she him/her are they yeah
What is a preposition
It shows the position of something
For example she was inside the box
What is a conjunction
It is a word that joint two sentences too warm or sentences together for example I went to the movies I had popcorn I went to the movies and had popcorn and is the conjunction
What is a definite article
It is words like the the witch is talking about a specific object for example the backpack
What is and in definite article
Is the word like a and N which is not talking about a specific object for example please pass me a biscuit a is the indefinite article
What is the difference Between figurative and littoral speech
Thank you to speech isn’t always true Weatherton exaggeration or a comparison it’s not true literally which is speaking fax and not opinions
What Is a simile
Assembly is comparing two things using like or as for sample my heart was beating like 1000 drums
What is a metaphor
Metaphor is comparing two things not using like or as
For example the stick was a watch in the boys hand the stick is being compared to the watch and
What is personification
Personification is giving something that doesn’t normally have human qualities human qualities for example Mr Abbott was happy I’m kidding my example actually is the table was shaking in fear
What is alliteration
Alliteration is writing something that starts with the same letter for sample Ralph and roti raced ready rapidly
What is an onomatopoeia
It’s writing a sound such as boom crash pitter patter the car went boom as the engine started
What is a hyperbole
A hyperbole is an exaggeration such as I’m so hungry I could eat a horse
What is assonance
It is similar to an alliteration but instead of starting with the same letter it has a list same letter in the middle of the word but is always a vowel for example at night they fight so very bright
What is a pun
A pine is a play on words such as let’s say there was a boat on sale and instead of writing sale as in something is for sale you write sail as in a boats sail
What is irony
Irony is sarcasm let’s say someone was being very mean to you and they ask you are you okay and you say yeah I am perfect when you’re not it’s sarcasm
What is a synonym
A synonym is something that means the same as another word that is spelt differently and is a different word just mean similar for example a synonym too angry is mad
What is an antonym
Antonym is an opposite for example an opposite of black is white white the opposite of happy is sad
What is a homophone
It is a word that sounds the same but is spelt and means different for example I meet another person I had meat for dinner
What is a homonym
A homonym sounds the same spelt the same but means different for example I can do it I threw a can in the trash
What is a hyphen -
To show words that can be together such as try-hard
What is a semmicolon ;
Is used instead of a conjunction Such as I go to the store; picked up strawberries
What is a colon:
To show someone is speaking or a list Robert: I can’t Believe this
What is a dash or also known as slash /
To show option Do you want a drink/juice
What is a comma ,
To show a list or a breath for example I have so much to buy I have to buy apples, pears, oranges, apples and grapes
What is a full stop .
To show a sentence is ending I love you bye.
What is a exclamation mark!
To show emotion oh my God I love you so much!
What is a question mark?
To show a question can I have some of those?
What is a ‘quotation mark’
Use to show a quote or ‘To be or not to be’
What Is “speech mark”
To show someone is speaking “can I have some of those “
What is the subject
What the sentences talking about for examples the giant dog that lives on the upper floor of my apartment that is the subject
What is the predicate
The main part of the sentence that usually were rarely has the main class for example run across the road in fear that is the product it
What is the main clause
What does sentence talking about or better known as the subject but also really can be in the product it
What is a suffix
The end part of a word so let’s say the root word is response if I add able to the end of it it becomes responsible able is the pre-suffix
What is the prefix
A bit of a word that joins onto the root word let’s say the prefix is ir and my word is responsible it already has a suffix so now I add the prefix to make irresponsible
What is the root word
The root word is the main part of the word so irresponsible would have the prefix of ir and the suffix of able so the root word is response
What is the etymology of the word
The origin of the word or its historic development and or meaning
What is the word origin
Where are the word originates or where is the word was invented
Turn this sentence into indirect speech
“I love you” told my mum
I told my mum I love her
(Pretend that you’re telling someone else what you said as if it were a gossip this is an easier way to remember how to turn direct speech into indirect speech)
What is a simple sentence
It’s a normal sentence such as I want to the grocery store and Bart seven apples
What is a compound sentence
compound sentence has two independent clauses
I ran race then i got ice cream with my friends
Then is the conjunction that separate the two main clauses which makes it a compound sentence
What is a complex sentence
complex sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
What is the difference between a compound and complex
The difference between a compound sentence and complex sentence is that a compound sentence has two independent clauses and a complex sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
