Grammatical Terms Flashcards
What does ‘alliteration’ mean?
Give a sentence with an example of alliteration in it.
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What does ‘onamatopeia’ mean?
Give a sentence with an example of onamatopeia in it.
It is a word that imitates the sound
‘The snow crunched underfoot’.
What does ‘rhyme’ mean?
Give a sentence with an example in it.
Where words have the same sounds
The lion roared and the bird soared.
What is a ‘simile’?
Give an example in a sentence.
A simile is a way of describing something by comparing it to something else. Usually uses ‘as’ or ‘like’.
E.g. The stars shone like a thousand diamonds’.
What is a metaphor?
Give a sentence with an example of a metaphor in it.
A way of describing something by saying it is something else.
E.g. My legs were filled with lead.
What does ‘paraphrase’ mean?
To reduce a sentence
What is the definition of a homophone?
Give 5 examples of different pairs of homophones.
Words that sound the same but have different meanings.
Hair/hare
Through/threw
What is the definition of a homograph?
Give examples of 5 homographs.
Words that are spelt the same but have different meanings.
Play. I want to play./ I saw a play.
What is an adjective?
Give 5 examples.
A describing word
red flowers
Frosty morning
What is an adverb?
Give 5 examples.
A word that describes a verb. It often ends in the suffis -ly.
He ran quickly.
What is an Antonym?
A word that has the opposite meaning to another word
E.g. Good/ bad
What is a ‘connective’?
Give some examples of typical words used as connectives.
A connective is a word that joins 2 clauses or sentences.
E.g. But, and, therefore, however.
What are consonants?
The 21 letters of the alphabet that aren’t vowels
What is the difference between a work of ‘fiction’ and ‘non-fiction’?
Fiction is text that has been made up by the author, about imaginary people and events.
Non-fiction is text that is about real people and events.
What is a prefix?
Give some examples of prefixes and their meanings.
A prefix is a string of letters that can be put in front of a word to change its meaning.
E.g. ‘Un’ (to undo something)
‘Dis’
What is a suffix?
A suffix is a string of letters that are added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
What is a Pronoun?
Give all the examples.
A pronoun is a word that can be used instead of a noun. E.g. I, me You He, she, it, We, they
What is a verb?
Give some examples.
A verb is a doing or action word. Or a being word.
E.g play, went
Rember ‘to be’ is a verb so am, are, is,
What does ‘Personification’ mean?
Give an example in a sentence.
A way of describing something by giving it human feelings and characteristics.
‘The cruel wind plucked remorselessly at my threadbare clothes’
What is a noun?
Give some examples
A naming word i.e. Place, object, person
A tree, a dog, Peter
What is a preposition?
Give an example
A word that shows position
Under, on
What is a conjunction?
Give 3 examples
A joining word that links clauses in a sentence
But, and, because
What is the infinitive?
Give 2 examples
It is the basic form of a verb, usually has ‘to’ before it
To eat, to play
What is a superlative?????
Give an example
An adjective describing the Biggest or largest of something.
Usually ends in -est.
For describing more than 2 objects
What is a comparative?
Give an example of a comparative sentence
Adjective Comparing 2 objects, usually ends in -er
Sam is shorter than Oliver W.
Why would you use a dash instead of a colon?
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Give an example of a noun phrase
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Give an example of a prepositional phrase?
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Give an example of a subordinate clause?
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What is a ‘determiner’? Give some examples.
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