Flash Cards 20 words

Question 1

Collective noun

Answer 1

A word referring to a group

E.g swarm

Question 2

Proper noun

Answer 2

The name of people and places e.g. the Big Ben

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

A word used to replace it noun

Question 4

Preposition

Answer 4

A word that relates to others to each other e.g. he sat behind me

Question 5

Verb

Answer 5

A doing word of being word

Question 6

Conjunctive

Answer 6

A word used to link center says phrases or words eg and , but

Question 7

Antonym

Answer 7

A word with a meaning opposite to another word e.g. hot cold

Question 8

Synonym

Answer 8

A word to the same of a very similar meaning to another word e.g. quick fast

Question 9

Common Noun

Answer 9

A word for somebody or something

Question 10

Prefix

Answer 10

A group of letters added to the beginning of a word

Question 11

Root word

Answer 11

A word to which prefix or suffix is can be added to make another word we.g. quickly

Question 12

Connective

Answer 12

A word or words that join clauses or sentences

Question 13

Suffix

Answer 13

A group of letters added to the end of a word

Question 14

Compound word

Answer 14

A word made up of two other words e.g. football

Question 15

Personal pronoun

Answer 15

A pronoun the used when writing about it ourselves e.g. I, you

Question 16

adverb

Answer 16

A word gives extra meaning to a verb

Question 17

Plural

Answer 17

More than one.

You need to add ‘s’ to the end of the word. For the exceptions to the rule please check definitions for plural 1 and 2

Question 18

Homophone

Answer 18

A word that has the same sound as another but a different meaning a spelling e.g. Right, write

Question 19

Adjective

Answer 19

A word that describes somebody or something

Question 20

Contractions

Answer 20

Contractions are words that have letters missing. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been missed.

Apostrophes replace the missing letters.

E.g Can not goes to can’t

Question 21

Give three examples of a prefix

Answer 21

An
Ante
Anti
Auto
Circum
Co
Com
Con
Contra 
Contro 
De
Dis 
Ex
Extra
Hetero 
Homo
Homeo
Hyper
il 
Im 
In
Ir
Inter 
Intra
intro
Macro
Micro
Mono
Non
Omni
Post
Pre
Pro
Sub
Sym
Syn
Trans
Tri
Un
Uni

Question 22

Give three examples of a suffix

Answer 22

Ly
Ful
Ment
Ure 
Able 
Ence
Ance 
Ship
Age
Al
Ous 
ist 
Ing

Question 23

Plural- Rule 1

Answer 23

When a word ends in s, x, sh or ch, we add es to make it a plural.

Question 24

Plural- Rule 2

Answer 24

When a word ends with ‘f’ or ‘fe’ we usually change the ‘f’ to a ‘v’and then add ‘es’ to make it plural.

Question 25

Four examples of pronouns

Answer 25

He 
She 
They
It
This 
I
My

You
Their

Question 26

Name 15 connective

Answer 26

So
While
But
After
So as to
As well as
However
Because
Furthermore
Also
Since
Meanwhile
When
Until
Therefore

Question 27

Syllables

Answer 27

When we can break words down into smaller units of sound
How many ‘beats’ in a word.

Words with a double consonant in them are split up.

E.g puppet = pup-pet = 2 syllables

Question 28

Onomatopoeia

Answer 28

Onomatopoeia is when the sound of the word is similar to the sound of the thing it describes.

E.g woof, clang, buzz, squeak….

Question 29

Reported speech

Answer 29

What has been said without using the actual word or “

Question 30

Phrase

Answer 30

Group of words that act as a unit

Question 31

Metaphor

Answer 31

A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that are not alike but do have something in common.
e.g. the sky is sapphire blue

Question 32

Abstract noun

Answer 32

A word referring to a concept or idea e.g. love

An abstract noun identifies things which cannot be physically touched but are things such as a state, idea, process or feeling.
E.g kindness

Question 33

Adjectival phrase

Answer 33

A group of words describing an noun

E.g the final exam were unbelievably difficult

Question 34

Possessive pronoun

Answer 34

A pronoun showing to whom something belongs e.g.mine, ours, his.

Question 35

Acronym

Answer 35

A word or letter string made up from the initial letters of other words

Question 36

Diminutive

Answer 36

A word implying smallness

E.g drop droplet

Question 37

Simile

Answer 37

A descriptive comparison in which a writer compares one thing to another using the words like or as e.g. He swims like a fish.

Question 38

Present tense

Answer 38

The simple present tense is used for state such as feels and abilities that are true now.

Question 39

Plural-Rule 3

Answer 39

If the word ends in -y you remove the y and add ‘ies’