Words

Question 1

Synonym

Answer 1

Same meaning as one or more other words

Ex discover and found

Question 2

Homonym

Answer 2

Same sound but different meaning and spelling

Ex sale and sail

Question 3

Homograph

Answer 3

Same spelling as another word but different meaning

Ex past tense of see and a cutting tool which is saw

Question 4

Prefix

Answer 4

Added to the beginning of a word which then changes it

Ex rewrite

Question 5

Suffix

Answer 5

Added to the end of a word which then changes the meaning of it
Ex artist

Question 6

Contraction

Answer 6

Word formed by joining 2 other words together

Ex don’t

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

Shows where a letter or letters have been left out
Ex he would
He’d

Question 8

Compound word

Answer 8

Word that’s made up of 2 or more words

Ex water fall

Question 9

Connotation

Answer 9

A word is either positive or negative

Ex lazy and relaxed

Question 10

Idioms

Answer 10

Expression that has a meaning different from the usual meaning of the individual words
Ex one day James will be sad ( down in the dumps )