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2 Name : Dictionary Corner Find the definitions for the following words. 1. Image: 2. Personification: 3. Emotion: 4. Poem: 5. Compare: 2

3 6. Contrast: 7. Effect: 8. Device: 9. Technique: 10. Metaphor: Thesaurus Master Class Using a thesaurus to help you, how many other words can you use instead of the following? 1. Happy : 2. Sad : 3. Excited : 3

4 4. Depressed : 5. Nice : 6. Bad : 7. Looked : 8. Said : 9. Enjoy : 10. Scared : Spelling Bee 4

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8 Dictionary Corner Find the definitions for the following words. 1. Practice: 2. Resentment: 3. Ecstatic: 4. Furious: 5. Analyse: 6. Evidence: 7. Character: 8. Protagonist: 8

9 9. Antagonist: 10. Synonym: Thesaurus Master Class Using a thesaurus to help you, how many other words can you use instead of the following? 1. Unusual : 2. Thoughtful : 3. Kind : 4. Angry : 5. Jump : 6. Old : 9

10 7. Loud : 8. Little : 9. Big : 10. Beautiful : 10

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13 Turn the words in italics into a contraction (shortened form). Remember that the apostrophe is located where letters have been removed. The first one has been done for you. 1. Trudy does not understand her homework. doesn t 2. Sam rarely laughs while he is sleeping. 3. Bill likes chocolate but he has stopped eating it. 4. We have tried to be fair to everyone. 5. Karen and Sarah think they are cuter than you. 6. Maria refused to admit that she had put butter in her pocket. 7. Ashley promised that she would send us an The report will be handed in but it will be late. 9. I wonder if it is proper to eat soup with a knife and fork. 13

14 10. That is the silliest song they have ever sung. ADJECTIVES, ALLITERATION AND SYLLABLES Pirates, pirates, pirates,, pirates,,, pirates, Pirates, pirates, pirates. 1. Choose a letter. For example, c. Choose three adjectives beginning with c to describe the pirates. For example, cold, cunning, cannibal. 14

15 The adjectives you choose must have one, two then three syllables in them. 2. Repeat with a different letter. PRONOUNS These words take the place of nouns and are therefore called PRONOUNS. Here are the most important ones in the singular. Can you work out the plurals? Singular Plural I, me You He, him, she, her, it My, mine Your, yours His, her, hers, its Now fill in the blanks in the following passage: I have a dog called Sam. love but he can 15

16 be very mischievous. One day my friends and were coming home from school when dog, Sam, ran out into the road and chased friend Mick up the hill. got scared and jumped over a fence into someone s garden. shouted at Sam to come to but refused. An old man came out of the house brandishing a stick. was scowling and looked furious. all legged it down the hill and Sam followed. When got home my mum said, Why are so hot and bothered? That old man up the road flipped lid because Sam ran into garden, I replied. PREPOSITIONS Prepositions are the little words that join up the more important nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. These are words like the following: from, in on, by, at, of, to Preposition Poem 16

17 Take each preposition in turn and make it the first word in a line of a poem. Then fill in the line. Try to make the poem make sense! The first line is written for you below as an example. You may choose a different line if you prefer. From Monday to Friday I go to school In.. On.. By.. At.. Of.. To.. PROOF READING PRACTICE There are two mistakes in each sentence. Write the corrected version of each sentence. The first one has been done for you. 17

18 1. Their were ten broken egg s in the carton. There were ten broken eggs in the carton. 2. Each of the boys are writing a different story. 3. Did Taylor and me borrow the wrong car. 4. how many people seen the strange object? 5. Randall said, Its too late to go out! 6. The title of the book is a piece of Toast. 7. I d like to invite joan to visit us in florida. 8. We will meet every Friday during the Summer. Spelling Bee 18

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20 LIMERICKS There was a young man from Crewe Who found a bug in his, Said the waiter, Don t shout And wave it, Or the rest will be wanting one. There once was a boy named Joe Who dropped a big brick on his. He asked, with a frown, Will the swelling go? And the doctor said, Yes, I think. There once was a mad king from Spain Who liked to dance in the. He got wet through, And caught a bad So never went out there! Word bank: 20

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Ling 201 Syntax 1. Jirka Hana April 10, 2006

Ling 201 Syntax 1. Jirka Hana April 10, 2006 Overview of topics What is Syntax? Word Classes What to remember and understand: Ling 201 Syntax 1 Jirka Hana April 10, 2006 Syntax, difference between syntax and semantics, open/closed class words, all