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What is a homophone?

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A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning. Such as: rain, reign or too, to and two.

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What is the smallest unit of sound in a word called?

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phoneme

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What do we call two letters together that make one sound in a word?

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digraph

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What is the phonics skill that allows children to read words?

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Blending

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What do we call two or more adjacent consonants in a word that each keeps its own sound when the word is spoken

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cluster for example st fr cr

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What is the term for the written representation of a phoneme?

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Grapheme

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Which of these words contains a split digraph?
shook, code, buddy, farm

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Code

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Which of these words is a CVC word?
Day, bug, click, cow

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Bug because you have to use sounds such as b-u-g and it’ll be like d-ay for instance.

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Which phonics skill allows children to spell and write words?

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segmenting

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Which of these words contains a trigraph?

books, stripe, bullet, night

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Night

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Which of these words contains 3 phonemes?

bright, kicks, church, lost

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church

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‘the car stopped’ is a phrase
True or False?

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True

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What is ‘the long, dark road’ an example of?

Fronted adverbial, Adverbial phrase, clause, expanded noun phrase

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Fronted adverbial phrase - time, frequency, place, manner, possibility EG: e.g. Time - Before sunrise (ap), Darius crept into the beast’s cave. E.G frequency Every so often, Darius could hear the beast’s ferocious snore.

Adverbial clause -

Clause -

Answer - expanded noun phrase

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‘Flock’ as in ‘a flock of sheep’ is an example of which type of noun?

proper, collective, abstract, common

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collective

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What type of noun is used for feelings, concepts, things that cannot be touched?
E.g. hope, hunger, trust

proper, common, pronoun, abstract

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abstract

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What is the name for a word that has the opposite meaning to another word?

synonym, homophone, antonym, homograph

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antonym

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Their, they’re and there are examples of what type of word?

synonym, homograph, antonym and homophone

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homophone

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In which type of sentence would you find a coordinating conjunction?

simple, compound, complex

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compound

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What is the ‘subject’ of the sentence below?

Despite the pouring rain, Peter struggled bravely on through the night.

Peter, the rain, despite

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Peter

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In which tense is the sentence below?

She is running through the woods.

future, past, present, present continuous

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present continuous

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In which non-fiction text type would you expect to find emotive language, rhetorical questions and statistics?

A persuasive text, an explanation, a report, instructions

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a persuasive text

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The underlined part of the sentence below is what type of clause?
Unless we could find a key, we would not be able to escape.
Unlined we could find a key
main, subordinate, compound

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subordinate

23
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Which punctuation mark should follow the word ‘rare’ in the sentence below?

Diamonds are very rare they can be extremely valuable.

: , ;

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;

24
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Which figurative / poetic writing technique is used in the sentence below?

Her words were daggers plunged into my heart.

simile, metaphor, personification

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metaphor

25
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Which figurative / poetic writing technique is used in the sentence below?
The tortoise trotted towards the tent.

alliteration, assonance, onomatapeia

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alliteration

25
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Which figurative / poetic writing technique is used in the sentence below?
The tortoise trotted towards the tent.

alliteration, assonance, onomatapeia

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alliteration

26
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In the sentence below what is ‘As quietly as she could’ an example of?
As quietly as she could, Alice opened the drawer.

simile, expanded noun phrase, fronted adverbial

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fronted adverbial

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What aspect of writing a story will a ‘Story Mountain’ help a child with?

character description, story structure, setting description

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story structure

28
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Which of the options below is the correct one to show possession?

children’s toys, childrens’ toys, childrens toys

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children’s toys

29
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Which punctuation mark is missing from the sentence below?

“That is the last one” said David.

. , ;

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,

30
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Identify the classification of the underlined word in the passage below.
Alice hated the fact that she had unfortunately been forced to invite David to her party. He was such a creep and he always said spiteful little things that really got under her skin. She wished he would just creep off the edge of a cliff!

creep

adjective, verb, noun

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noun

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Identify the classification of the underlined word in the passage below.

Alice hated the fact that she had unfortunately been forced to invite David to her party. He was such a creep and he always said spiteful little things that really got under her skin. She wished he would just creep off the edge of a cliff!

unfortunately

adverb, verb, adjective

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adverb

32
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Identify the classification of the underlined word in the passage below.
Alice hated the fact that she had unfortunately been forced to invite David to her party. He was such a creep and he always said spiteful little things that really got under her skin. She wished he would just creep off the edge of a cliff!

creep

noun, adverb, verb

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verb

33
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Which of these non-fiction text types would you expect to be written in the past tense?
instructions, report, recount

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recount

34
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Which of the answers below best describes ‘Guided reading’?

A. The teacher discusses a text with the class before reading to them, making predictions about the story and then asking questions and looking at the pictures as they read the story to the children.

B. A small group of children of similar ability take turns to read aloud from the same text. The teacher can suggest strategies if they struggle to read a word as can the other children in the group.

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B

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Which of the answers below best describes ‘Shared Reading’?

A. The teacher discusses a text with the class before reading to them, making predictions about the story and then asking questions and looking at the pictures as they read the story to the children.

B. A small group of children of similar ability take turns to read aloud from the same text. The teacher can suggest strategies if they struggle to read a word as can the other children in the group.

A

A

36
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Identify the coordinating conjunction.

although, but, because, unless

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but

37
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These woods are old and they have seen many strange things.

The sentence above is a complex sentence.

True or false?

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False

38
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When children are learning to form letters what are the basic letter shapes that will allow them to write all the other letters of the alphabet?

l, o, r, z

l, c, r, z

t, c, r, z

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l, o, r, z

39
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You are teaching in Reception and a child says to you, “I runned round my garden last night.”
How should you respond?

We don’t say ‘runned’, we say ‘ran’.
You ran around your garden last night?
You runned around your garden?

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You ran around your garden last night?

40
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Which of these words would have the last letter doubled when adding the -ing suffix?

farm, put, leak

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put

41
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When we change the tense of a sentence e.g. from the present to the past, which type of word changes?

noun, verb, adverb, adjective

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verb

42
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What must a clause involve?

An object, adjective, adverb, verb

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Verb

43
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Which 2 words are examples of onomatopoeia?
Stripe, whoosh, bottle, buzz

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Onomatopoeia are words that make the sound of the thing that they describe. They are used for effect in descriptive writing. Common examples can be found in comic books including ‘bam’ or ‘kapow’. Other examples include animal noises such as ‘woof’ or ‘quack’.
Whoosh and buzz

44
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Read the following sentence and identify which poetic language technique is being used.

The branches reached out to grab her as she ran.

simile, assonance, alliteration and personification

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Personification
The attribution of human characteristics e.g. behaviour, thought, feelings or intentions to something inhuman. In the question example, the branches are described as if they want to grab the character, as if they have intentions. This is of course not true but the suggestion creates tension in the story as if the natural world is against the character.

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He tore the wrapping off the parcel like a greedy child on Christmas morning.

personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia

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Simile

Simile is the act of describing something by comparing it to something else with which it shares one or more qualities.

For example:

He was as hungry as a wolf.

The hurricane destroyed the house like an angry toddler breaking its toys.

Simile’s are characterised by their use of the words ‘like’ and ‘as’.

For extra challenge children can be encouraged to add more detail to their similes, ‘stretching’ the simile by asking questions such as ‘where’ and ‘when’

For example:

He tore the wrapping off the parcel like a greedy child.

When?

He tore the wrapping off the parcel like a greedy child on Christmas morning.

Where?

He tore the wrapping off the parcel like a greedy child underneath the tree on Christmas morning.

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Read the following sentence and identify which poetic language techniques is being used.

Her words were a dagger through his heart.

metaphor, simile, personification, exaggeration

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Metaphor
A metaphor is a way of describing something as if it IS something else that is not literally true in order to create an effect. In the question example, the words are not ACTUALLY a dagger but by saying they are, we can understand the effect that they have on the other character.

Metaphor is often used in everyday figures of speech such as, ‘You’re a bit of a dark horse!’ or ‘He is the black sheep of the family’.

47
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What are the differences between personification and metaphor?

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Personification involves attributing human characteristics to a non-human being or object, or representing an abstract quality in human form. Metaphor is an indirect comparison between two unrelated things without using connecting words such as like or as.

48
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Read the following sentence and identify which poetic language techniques is being used.

The boulder rolled slowly along the stony ground.
onomatopoeia, alliteration, simile, assonance

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Assonance is the repetition of similar sounds within the words of a sentence. In the question example, there are repeated sounds based on the letter ‘o’. Assonance is different to rhyme and alliteration although they are often confused. In the question example, the ‘o’ sounds do not all rhyme and they are not at the start of the words as in alliteration. Assonance can be used for descriptive effect for example in a poem.

49
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Read the example below and identify what type of sentence it is.

Put that down immediately.

  1. declarative / statement
  2. imperative / command
  3. interrogative / question
  4. exclamative / exclamation
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imperative / command

We can classify sentences in English into four types based on their purpose.

Statements - we state a fact or give a piece of information (declarative)

Questions - we ask for information or for somebody to do something (interrogative)

Exclamations - we express surprise, alarm or a strong emotion (exclamatory)

Commands - we give an instruction to be obeyed (imperative)

These are not to be confused with the sentence types based on grammatical structure: simple, compound, complex

50
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Read the example below and identify what type of sentence it is.

This is my house.

  1. declarative / statement
  2. imperative / command
  3. interrogative / question
  4. exclamatory / exclamation
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declarative / statement

We can classify sentences in English into four types based on their purpose.

Statements - we state a fact or give a piece of information (declarative)

Questions - we ask for information or for somebody to do something (interrogative)

Exclamations - we express surprise, alarm or a strong emotion (exclamatory)

Commands - we give an instruction to be obeyed (imperative)

These are not to be confused with the sentence types based on grammatical structure: simple, compound, complex

51
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Read the example below and identify what type of sentence it is.

Where are my keys?

  1. declarative / statement
  2. interrogative / question
  3. imperative / command
  4. exclamatory / exclamation
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interrogative / question
We can classify sentences in English into four types based on their purpose.

Statements - we state a fact or give a piece of information (declarative)

Questions - we ask for information or for somebody to do something (interrogative)

Exclamations - we express surprise, alarm or a strong emotion (exclamatory)

Commands - we give an instruction to be obeyed (imperative)

These are not to be confused with the sentence types based on grammatical structure: simple, compound, complex

52
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Read the example below and identify what type of sentence it is.

That’s amazing!

  1. interrogative / question
  2. imperative / command
  3. declarative / statement
    4.exclamatory / exclamation
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exclamatory / exclamation
We can classify sentences in English into four types based on their purpose.

Statements - we state a fact or give a piece of information (declarative)

Questions - we ask for information or for somebody to do something (interrogative)

Exclamations - we express surprise, alarm or a strong emotion (exclamatory)

Commands - we give an instruction to be obeyed (imperative)

These are not to be confused with the sentence types based on grammatical structure: simple, compound, complex

53
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You are observing a child’s speaking and listening skills in an English lesson. They have difficulty using full sentences when they answer questions.

You have identified an issue with which type of language use?
Descriptive
Expressive
Receptive
persuasive

A

We use expressive and receptive language skills to communicate with others effectively. When a person shares thoughts, ideas and feelings they are using their EXPRESSIVE language skills. When we listen and understand what someone is telling us, we are using our RECEPTIVE language ability.

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