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Flashcards by Sarah Holmes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sarah Holmes
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| The _________ is a naming word, Its pockets full of labels - It sticks them on to objects, Like cabbages and tables. It labels all the people: Boy, girl, woman ,man. And places: Ethiopia, West Bromwich and Japan. The __________ names all the animals, From rhino to mosquito; And without it all Creation Would go round incognito. Is this a poem about verbs, nouns or adjectives? | It is a poem about nouns. Nouns are naming words used to name people, places, animals or things. Common nouns are used for general things e.g. woman, city, newspaper, table, dog etc. . Proper nouns are used for particular people, places etc. e.g Victoria, Cambridge, Daily Mail Abstract nouns are used for things that you can't see or feel e.g. love, ideas, feelings, passion, hatred etc. . Nouns can be singular e.g. dog, love or plural e.g. dogs, loves etc. . |
| The _______ is a doing word - A hyperactive whizz - It bounds around, it leaps it crawls, it creeps, And sometimes it just IS. is this a poem about adverbs, nouns or verbs? | It is a poem about verbs. Verbs happen! they are having, doing or being words. Verbs tell you what people are doing e.g. jump, shout, write etc. . Verbs are also sometimes just there e.g. is, was, am You will always find at least one verb in EVERY sentence you ever read! Verbs can be past tense e.g. jumped, present tense, jumping or future tense will jump Quite often you will need more than one verb to form a verb phrase e.g. she has been dancing. |
| Do you need added colour? Reflective shine an bounce? Lively lustrous body For your limp and lifeless nouns? Just open your thesaurus - Each fun-packed entry gives A sparkling bright selection Of farm-fresh________________ Is this a poem about prepositions, adjectives or adverbs? | It is a poem about adjectives. Adjectives are used to add information to nouns. e.g. beautiful, fluffy, old Comparative adjectives compare one noun to another e.g. more beautiful, less fluffy Superlative adjectives compare two or more nouns e.g. the fluffiest kitten Adjectives can be colorful, vivid, emotive or striking but they are always descriptive. |
| Here's a health to that humble technician Who ensures our syntactic precision. Every by, for or from He'll provide with aplomb, So it's up with and to _____________ Is this a poem about prepositions, pronouns or nouns? | It is a poem about prepositions Prepositions are small technical words that don't make much sense on their own but are vital in aiding the meaning of sentences as a whole. Prepositions tell us the location of things, people etc. . e.g. in, with, to, through, from etc. . Prepositions usually come at the beginning of a phrase, before a noun e.g. in the garden Phrases that begin with a preposition are called a prepositional phrase. |
| When noun is feeling overworked, Or just a little low, And needs someone to take its place, It calls upon a pro. I, you, he, she, my, mine, they, we, This, that, them, theirs, you, your - The ___________ stands in for them all: The ultimate actor. Is this a poem about prepositions, adverbs or pronouns? | It is a poem about pronouns. Pronouns are used instead of nouns. There are personal pronouns e.g. I, you, we, he, him, yours etc. . Pronouns can be first person, second person, third person, singular or plural And also more general pronouns such as this, that, these, those, who, which, everyone. |
| When you've got the bare bones of a sentence, But the detail is scarcely "de trop" Do you want to be put in the picture? Ask the _________, the chap in the know. Perhaps you'd like details on manner (Such as slowly, or sweetly, or fast?) Or maybe the lowdown on timing (Now or then? yesterday? first or last?) You could ask for some background on places (Here? there? everywhere? left or right?) Or for detailed degrees of description (Was that very? or somewhat? or quite?) If it's how, where or when that you're after To give your account blow by blow, Ask the sentence's roving reporter - The ___________, the chap in the know. Is this a poem about adverbs, verbs or adjectives? | It is a poem about adverbs. Adverbs tell you more about what is going; they fill in the background detail of how, when and where. Adverbs of manner tell you how something happened e.g. softly, happily, carefully etc. . Adverbs of time tell you when something happened e.g. first, next, finally etc. . Adverbs of place tell you where something happened e.g. left, right, here, there etc . . Adverbs of degree tell you to what extent something has happened e.g. very, slightly, just, absolutely. |
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