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English Flashcards

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What is a common noun?

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Ordinary thing. Words that don’t give full detail about the subject. E.g girl, car,school.

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What is a proper noun?

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The name of something. E.g Mia, Cape Town

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What is a collective noun?

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A group of things (nouns). E.g suite of furniture.

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What is a abstract noun?

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Name of anything that can not be experienced by the five senses. ( hope, talent curiosity)

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What is subject-verb concord?

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Where the subject and verb agree with each other.
E.g The dog _ chews the bone. The dogs chew _ the bone.

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Change the sentence to past tense:
I swim at the beach.

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I SWAM at the beach.

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Change this sentence to future tense:
I run at the park.

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I will run at the park.

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Change this sentence to present tense:
I will write a test for maths.

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I am writing a test for maths.

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What is an adverb of place?

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They give detail about where something happens. E.g.: Somewhere, backWhat

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What is an adverb of Time/Frequency?

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They give detail to when/ how often something occurs. E.g.: annually, solo

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What is an adverb of manner?

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They give detail to how something is done. E.g.: well, angrily

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What is an adverb of quantity?

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They give detail to how much of a thing is being described. E.g.: entirely, much, enough, rather

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What is an adjective?

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It describes the noun in a sentence.

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What is a reflex pronoun?

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Used when a person performs an action to or for him/herself.

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What does a reflex pronoun end in?

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A reflex pronoun ends in -self (singular) / -selves (plural)

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Give an example of a singular and plural reflex pronoun.

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Singular: Myself, yourself, himself, itself, herself
Plural: Ourselves, yourselves, themselves

17
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What is a relative pronoun?

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They ‘relate’ to the word that it’s relative sentences modifies.

18
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What are relative pronouns used for?

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Used to connect a sentence to a noun or pronoun.

19
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What are examples of relative pronouns?

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That, which, who, whose, whoever, whomever, whichever.

20
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Change this sentence using a relative pronoun:
This is a house. Bob built it.

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This is a house THAT bob built.

21
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What is a homophone?

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Two or more words that are pronounced in the same way but have different spelling and meanings.

22
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What is the homophone for write.

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Right

23
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Change these words into the 3 degrees of comparison:
1. Good ; ______ ; ______
2. Bad ; ______ ; ______

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  1. Good ; better ; best
  2. Bad ; worse ; worst
24
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Change this sentences into a compound sentence:
It rained. She used an umbrella.

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She used an umbrella BECAUSE it rained.

25
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Change this sentence into indirect speech:
The girl said, “ I want to cut my hair short tomorrow. “

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The girl said that she wanted to cut her hair short the next day.

26
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Change this sentence into direct speech:
The boy said that he will play soccer on the field the next day.

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The boy said, “ I am going to play soccer on the field tomorrow. “

27
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What can indirect speech also be called?

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Reported speech.

28
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What word do we use for indefinite articles?

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‘a’ / ‘an’

29
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When do we use an indefinite article?

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Used when talking about something for the first time.

30
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What word do we use for a definite article?

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’ The ‘

31
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When do we use a definite article?

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Used when we already know what is being talked about.

32
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What is a homonym?

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Two or more words that have the same spelling, pronunciation but have different meanings.

33
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What is a similie?

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To compare two items using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

34
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What is a metaphor?

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a comparison where on thing is said to be another.

35
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What is a personification?

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To give human characteristics t oan object or an animal.

36
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What is a idiom?

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A phrase that means something other than it’s literal meaning.

37
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What is a hyperbole?

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An exaggeration.

38
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What is an onomatopeia?

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A word that sounds like the thing or action it is describing.

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