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48 Cards in this Set
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Abbreviation
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a word or words which are shortened
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Abstract noun
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a word referring to a concept or idea e.g love
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Active verb
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when the main person or thing does the action e.g he took it
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Acronym
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a word or letter string made up from the initial letter of other words.
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Adjectival phrase
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a group of words describing a noun
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Adjective
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a word that describes somebody or something
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Adverb
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a word that gives extra meaning to a verb
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Alphabetical order
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words arranged in the order found in the alphabet
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Antonym
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a word with a meaning opposite to another word eg hot/ cold
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Clause
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a section of a sentence with a verb
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Collective noun
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a word referring to a group e.g. swarm
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Complex sentence
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a sentence containing a main clause and subordinate clause(s)
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Compound word
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a word made up of two other words e.g .football
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Conditional
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a clause or sentence expressing the idea that one thing depends on another
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Conjunction
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a word used to link sentences, phrases or words e.g and, but
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Connective
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a word or words that join clauses or sentences
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Contraction
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two words shortened into one with an aprostrophe placed where the letters have been dropped e.g. do not = don't
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Definition
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meaning of words
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Diminutive
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a word implying smallness eg booklet
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Homophone
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words that have the same sound as another but a different meaning or spelling eg right/write
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Main clause
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a clause in a sentence which makes sense on its own
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Metaphor
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a figurative expression in which something is described in terms usually associated with another e.g. the sky is a sapphire sea
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Noun
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a word for somebody or something
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Object
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a noun referring to a person or thing which is affected by the action of a verb e.g He ate an ice cream
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Dialect
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a regional variation of vocabulary in the spoken language.
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Future tense
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form of a verb showing something that will or may happen
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Past tense
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something that has already happened
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Onomatopoeic
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a word that echoes a sound, associated with its meaning e.g hiss
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Passive verb
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when the main person or thing has the action done to it e.g it was taken by him
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Possessive pronoun
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a pronoun showing to whom something belongs e.g mine, ours, his, hers, yours, theirs
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Phrase
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a group of words that act as a unit
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Plural
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more than one e.g cats
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Prefix
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a group of letters added at the beginning of a word e.g .un, dis
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Preposition
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a word that relates other words to each other e.g. the book on the table
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Pronoun
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a word used to replace a noun
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Proper noun
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the name of a person, place e.g Ben
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Present tense
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form of a verb showing something happening now.
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Reported speech
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what has been said without using the exact words or speech marks
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Root word
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words to which prefixes or suffixes can be added to make other words e.g. quickly
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Sentence
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a unit of written language which makes sense by itself
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Simile
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an expression to describe what something is like e.g. as cold as ice
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Singular
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one e.g. cat
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Subject
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the person or thing who does the action expressed by the verb e.g. the lion roared
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Subordinate clause
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gives more information about and is dependent on the main clause.
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Suffix
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a group of letters added to the end of the word e.g. ly. ful
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Superlative
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describes the limit of a quality ( adjective or adverb) e.g. most/least or shortest
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Synonym
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a word with the same or very similar meaning to another word e.g. quick-fast
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Verb
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a 'doing' or 'being' word
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