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Grammar revision activity #english #year8 #grammar
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Which words are
nouns
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
the, child, sat.
Down, parents, followed.
young, quickly, child
child, parents, room
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A simile...?
Is a common phrase.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
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What is an '
adverb
'?
A naming word.
Gives extra information about verbs and adjectives.
Another type of doing word (type of verb).
A word that stands in place of a noun.
4
"The sky was full of dancing stars." Is an example of which language technique?
Metaphor
Adjective
Simile
Personification
5
What is a
pronoun
?
A word that describes a noun.
Another name for an adjective.
A word that adds onto a noun.
A word that replaces a noun.
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"I move fast like a cheetah." Is an example of a?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Adjective
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What is an '
action
verb'?
Expresses the action that the subject is, was or will do.
Join with other words to form a verb phrase.
Are the same as linking verbs.
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What is an adjective?
Describing words
Naming words
People's names
Doing words
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The armed robber
was running
away.
Helping verb
Linking verb
Action verb
10
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
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A metaphor...?
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
Is a common phrase.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
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What is a verb?
Naming words
People's actions, such as running and jumping.
Describing words
Doing words
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What is a '
concrete
noun'?
Names a collection of things or a group.
Names feelings or ideas.
Names something you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.
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What is a noun?
People's names
Describing words
Doing words
Naming words
15
Which words are
verbs
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
child, parents, room
Followed, sat.
young, quickly, child
Down, followed, sat.
16
When we talk about the 'tenor', of someone's speech we are talking about the...?
Tone
Number of words they use.
Voice
Vocabulary
17
"Her head was spinning from all the new information." Is an example of?
Descriptive language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
18
The dance
was
a difficult one.
Linking verb
Helping verb
Action verb
19
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Is an example of what technique?
Personification
Cliche
Simile
Metaphor
