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What are verbs?
Verbs are action words, like run, eat, and play. They can also describe states of being, like am, is, and are.
What do adverbs describe?
Adverbs describe how, when, where, or to what extent an action happens.
They often end in -ly (e.g., quickly, silently, yesterday).
What do adjectives do?
Adjectives describe or modify nouns by giving more information about them, like big, blue, exciting.
What are pronouns?
Pronouns replace nouns to avoid repetition. Common examples include he, she, it, they.
What are nouns?
Nouns are people, places, things, or ideas.
What are proper nouns?
Proper nouns are specific names for people or places, like Africa or John. They are always capitalized.
What are abstract nouns?
Abstract nouns are ideas or qualities you can’t touch, like love, honesty, freedom.
What are common nouns?
Common nouns are general names for things, like cat, city, book.
What are articles?
Articles are a, an, and the.
A/an are indefinite articles (used for general things), and the is a definite article (for specific things).
What are the main uses of apostrophes?
Apostrophes have two main uses: Contractions and Possession.
What are contractions?
Contractions combine two words, like don’t (do not) and I’m (I am).
What does possession indicate?
Possession shows ownership, like Sarah’s book or dog’s collar.
What are inverted commas?
Inverted commas, also known as quotation marks, are used for direct speech and titles of short works.
What is a stereotype?
A stereotype is a generalized belief about a group, like ‘All teenagers are lazy.’
What is bias?
Bias is a preference or unfair support for or against a person or group.
