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Duplicate of Year 8 Grammar Revision
Duplicate of Year 8 Grammar Revision
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Grammar revision activity #english #year8 #grammar
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A metaphor...?
Is a common phrase.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
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What is a verb?
Naming words
Describing words
People's actions, such as running and jumping.
Doing words
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Which words are
nouns
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
the, child, sat.
child, parents, room
young, quickly, child
Down, parents, followed.
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"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Is an example of what technique?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Cliche
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What is an adjective?
People's names
Describing words
Doing words
Naming words
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When we talk about the 'tenor', of someone's speech we are talking about the...?
Vocabulary
Tone
Number of words they use.
Voice
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Language used by a group of people who give words meaning that are not obvious to others?
Colloquial Language
Simile
Slang
Personification
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What is a noun?
Naming words
Describing words
Doing words
People's names
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"The sky was full of dancing stars." Is an example of which language technique?
Adjective
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
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Which words are
verbs
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
Followed, sat.
child, parents, room
young, quickly, child
Down, followed, sat.
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Which are
adverbs
? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
Down, followed, sat.
quickly, down
Followed, sat.
child, parents, room
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A simile...?
Is a common phrase.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
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"I move fast like a cheetah." Is an example of a?
Simile
Metaphor
Adjective
Personification
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"Her head was spinning from all the new information." Is an example of?
Personification
Metaphor
Descriptive language
Simile
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What is a
pronoun
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A word that describes a noun.
Another name for an adjective.
A word that replaces a noun.
A word that adds onto a noun.
