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Noun

A naming word for a person, place, animal or thing.

Proper noun

A special name that always starts with a capital letter.

Common noun

A general name for a person, place, animal or thing.

Pronoun

A word used instead of a noun.

Verb

A doing or being word.

Adjective

A word that describes a noun.

Adverb

A word that describes a verb, adjective or another adverb.

Preposition

A word that shows position or direction.

Conjunction

A word that joins words or sentences.

Article

The words a, an and the.

Present tense

An action happening now.

Past tense

An action that has already happened.

Future tense

An action that will happen later.

Singular

One person, place or thing.

Plural

More than one person, place or thing.

Apostrophe

Shows possession or missing letters.

Capital letter

Used at the beginning of a sentence and for names.

Full stop

Ends a statement.

Question mark

Ends a question.

Exclamation mark

Shows excitement or strong feeling.

Comma

Separates words, phrases or items in a list.

Speech marks

Show the exact words someone says.

Synonym

A word with the same or similar meaning.

Antonym

A word with the opposite meaning.

Homophone

Words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.

Prefix

Letters added to the beginning of a word.

Suffix

Letters added to the end of a word.

Dictionary

Used to find word meanings, spelling and pronunciation.

Guide words

Words at the top of dictionary pages that help find words.

Alphabetical order

Words arranged from A to Z.

Fact

Something that can be proven true.

Opinion

What someone thinks or believes.

Main idea

The most important point in a passage.

Supporting details

Information that explains the main idea.

Summary

A short version of the main points.

Character

A person or animal in a story.

Setting

Where and when a story happens.

Problem

The challenge in a story.

Solution

How the problem is solved.

Paragraph

A group of sentences about one main idea.

Topic sentence

The first sentence that tells what the paragraph is about.

Friendly letter

A letter written to someone you know.

Introduction

The beginning of a story or writing piece.

Body

The middle part with the main information.

Conclusion

The ending of a piece of writing.

Direct speech

The exact words spoken by a person.

Simile

A comparison using like or as.

Metaphor

A comparison that says one thing is another.

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Alliteration

Words close together that begin with the same sound.

Idiom

A phrase with a meaning different from the literal words.

Rhyme

Words that end with the same sound.

Rhythm

The beat or flow of a poem.

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem.

Verse

A line or group of lines in a poem.

Collective noun

A word for a group of people, animals or things.

Abstract noun

A noun that names an idea, feeling or quality.

Editing

Correcting grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Proofreading

Checking work carefully before handing it in.

Prediction

A guess about what will happen next using clues.

Inference

A conclusion based on clues in the text.

Context clues

Words around an unknown word that help explain its meaning.

Sequence

The order in which events happen.

Theme

The lesson or message of a story.