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10 English Grammar Revision - Mr Locke
10 English Grammar Revision - Mr Locke
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What is a verb?
People's actions, such as running and jumping.
Doing words
Naming words
Describing words
2
What is an adjective?
Describing words
Doing words
People's names
Naming words
3
"Her head was spinning from all the new information." Is an example of?
Descriptive language
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
4
Language used by a group of people who give words meaning that are not obvious to others?
Colloquial Language
Simile
Slang
Personification
5
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Is an example of what technique?
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Cliche
6
A metaphor...?
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
Is a common phrase.
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
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What is a
pronoun
?
A word that replaces a noun.
A word that describes a noun.
Another name for an adjective.
A word that adds onto a noun.
8
What is a noun?
Doing words
People's names
Describing words
Naming words
9
When we talk about the 'tenor', of someone's speech we are talking about the...?
Tone
Number of words they use.
Vocabulary
Voice
10
Which words are
nouns
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
Down, parents, followed.
the, child, sat.
young, quickly, child
child, parents, room
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Which words are
verbs
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
young, quickly, child
Followed, sat.
child, parents, room
Down, followed, sat.
12
"I move fast like a cheetah." Is an example of a?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Adjective
13
Which are
adverbs
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
quickly, down
Followed, sat.
Down, followed, sat.
child, parents, room
14
"The sky was full of dancing stars." Is an example of which language technique?
Personification
Adjective
Metaphor
Simile
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A simile...?
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Is a common phrase.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
