Synonyms, Antonyms and Attributes
Two words that have similar meanings
Examples: small:little, nice:kind, send:export, happen:occur
What are synonyms?
A word part that goes on the beginning of a base word to make a new word
Examples: un-, re-, pre-, dis-
What is a prefix?
This is the definition of a vowel digraph
What is two vowels that go together to make one long vowel sound?
Two words that go together to make a new word
examples: hotdog, airplane, snowman
Compound words
This part of speech names a person, place or thing
What is a noun?
Two words that have opposite meanings?
Examples: big:small, up:down, long:short
What are antonyms?
A word part that goes on the end of a base word to make a new word
Examples: er, ment, ing, est, or
What is a suffix?
This is the name of a word that is combined using an apostrophe ( example: it's, she's, they're)
What is a contraction?
Words that sound the same, but have different meanings and spellings
examples: see/sea, night/knight, bye, by
What are homophones?
What is a verb?
This word is the antonym of give
What is take?
The meaning of the prefix non-
What is not or the absence of?
This is the name for the first part of a sentence ( the noun, who or what in the sentence)
What is the subject?
Nouns that don't have a capital letter, general nouns (ex: boy, store, sneakers)
What are common nouns?
This part of speech describes a noun (examples: pretty, small, long, blue)
What is an adjective?
This word is the synonym for spin?
What is twirl?
The meaning of the prefix dis- ( word example: disagree)
What not or the opposite of?
This is the name for the second part of the sentence, or verb in the sentence ( the action the who or what is doing)
What is the predicate?
Nouns that have a capital letter. Specific nouns.
Ex: Benjamin, Target, Nike
What are proper nouns?
This part of speech replaces a noun ( examples: he, she, it, they, his , her).
What is a pronoun?
These words show the relationship, parts, or function of something. ( ex: flowers:plants, crop:harvest, steering wheel:car)
What are attributes?
The name given to a word before any prefixes or suffixes are added to the word
What is a root word or base word?
Name a vowel digraph for the long e sound? ( two letters)
What is /ee/, /ea/, /ey/, etc.
Adjectives that have -er at the end and are used to compare two nouns
Examples: My sister is taller than me.
What are comparative adjectives?
This part of speech goes in front of some verbs and is a form of the verb, "to be".
Examples/hints: was running, will jump, are eating ( they are forms of "to be", "to do" and "to have")
What is a linking verb or helping verb?