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1
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What are mnemonics?

A

Tool to help memory, often through use of memorable pattern of sounds, letters or words.

2
Q

What do you add on the end for past tense?

A

‘-ed’.

3
Q

What do you usually need to do if a verb is three letters in length and ends with a consonant?

A

Double the consonant before you add ‘-ed’.

4
Q

What are some commonly misspelt words (accept any below).

A
Abandoning.
Acceptable.
Accommodation.
Appreciation.
Argument.
Assessment.
Atmosphere.
Beginning.
Believe.
Collectable.
Compromising.
Concentration.
Conclusion.
Confirming.
Contentment.
Daughter.
Development.
Evaluation.
Explanation.
Fierce.
Foreign.
Independent.
Interesting.
Invincible.
Jealous.
Knowledge.
Liaison.
Listening.
Mischief.
Negligible.
Noticeable.
Permanent.
Proportion.
Receive.
Visible.
Weird.
5
Q

What are homophones?

A

Words that sound identical but have different spellings and meanings.

6
Q

What are some common examples of homophones?

A
Witch/which.
Too/two/to.
Sight/site.
Through/threw.
Whether/weather.
They're/their/there.
Break/brake.
Right/write.
Waist/waste.
Coarse/course.
Its/it's.
Stare/stair.
Weak/week.
So/sew/sow.
By/bye/buy.
Tail/tale.
Bored/board.
Piece/peace.
Serial/cereal.
Aloud/allowed.
Flour/flower.
Sent/scent/cent.
In/inn.
7
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What are full stops used for?

A

Separating sentences.

8
Q

What are exclamation marks used for?

A

Adding emphasis, suggesting that it is shouted, or that statement itself is outrageous.

9
Q

What are question marks used for?

A

Interrogative sentence 1 that asks a question. Sort of sentence indicated by question mark.

10
Q

What are commas used for?

A

Separating words in list + causes in a sentence.

11
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What is an apostrophe used for?

A

Signal to a reader, possession. (Apostrophe + ‘s’) omission (replaces letter or letter is a word or words.

12
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What are round brackets (a pair of parenthesis) used for?

A

Adding extra information.

13
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What is an elipsis (…) used for?

A

Signifying that part of a sentence is missing. Mainly used in dialogue.

14
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What is a colon (:) used for?

A

Introducing item of list of items.

15
Q

What is a semicolon (;) used for?

A

Linking 2 independent clauses that are connected in meaning.

16
Q

What are the word classes?

A
Nouns.
Adjectives.
Verbs.
Adverbs.
Prepositions.
Connectives.
17
Q

What type of nouns are there?

A

Proper nouns.
Abstract nouns.
Concrete nouns.