english

adjective

Describes a person, place, or thing. Nouns can also be adjectives by adding -ick, -ish, or -ary

e.g., stubborn, rude, friendly, mean

homophones

sounds the same but has different meanings

e.g male and mail

homographs

the same spelling but not the same meaning

e.g bow (weapon) and bow ( a sign of respect )

homonyms

same sound and spelling

e.g left ( direction ) and left ( amount )

heteronyms

words that have different pronunciations and meanings but the same spelling

REMBER: select all that apply means to select multiple

nouns

names people, places or things

verbs

describes actions or states

• jump, fly, attack

• to be a princess

• -ise or -ize: change nouns into verbs

adjectives

the ability to change nouns

• wizard → powerful wizard

adverbs

have the ability to change words like nouns or adjectives

• jump high

• very powerful wizard