English
Tell me three examples of adverbs.
quickly, slowly,badly etc.
What are Quotation Marks?
Punctuation marks used in pairs to set off dialogue or direct quotes.
What is a Comma?
Indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list.
What is a Conjunction?
A word used to connect words, phrases, or clauses, such as and, but, or or.
What is a similie?
A phrase that uses "as" or "like".
What is onomatopoeia?
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is a Preposition?
Words like after, before, under, or with that show the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word in the sentence.
What is an Interjection?
A word like wow, oops, or hooray that expresses strong emotion and is usually followed by an exclamation point or a comma.
What is a Metaphor?
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is Hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect, such as "I have a million things to do."
What is Student? Subject, verb or object?
The simple subject in the sentence: "Every student in the class passed the test."
Choose between good (adjective) and well (adverb) for the blank: "He doesn't feel very ____."
Well.
What is Alliteration?
The figure of speech that uses the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in "Peter Piper Picked."
What is the Reporting Verb?
The verb, like said or asked, that tells the reader who is speaking.
What is the Reported Speech (or Quoted Speech)?
The term for the exact words being quoted inside the quotation marks.
What is an exclamation point?
This is the punctuation mark that follows an interjection or is used to show excitement or strong emotion.
Name 3 pronouns
he/she/it etc.
Name 3 figures of speech.
Name 3 prepositions.
in/on/under etc.
Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: She said, "I visited Paris last year."
She said that she had visited Paris the previous year.
What is a semicolon?
This punctuation mark is used to connect two independent clauses in a compound sentence without a coordinating conjunction.
What is a Hyphen?
The punctuation mark used to hyphenate compound words or numbers, such as twenty-two or well-known.
What is a period (or full stop)?
This punctuation mark is used to end a standard declarative sentence.
What is an adjective?
This part of speech describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
This type of word, like because, although, or since, is often used to begin a dependent clause and connect it to the main clause.