ANTONYMS – opposite
dark | Light |
heavy | Light |
accept | Refuse |
Always | Never |
asleep | Awake |
dry | Wet |
east | West |
easy | Hard |
end | Beginning |
high | Low |
join | Separate |
land | Sea |
tall | Short |
me | You |
neat | Messy |
pretty | Ugly |
right | Wrong |
right | Left |
sour | Sweet |
SYNONYMS -
The same or nearly the same meaning
dirty | Unclean |
large | Big |
sad | Unhappy |
rich | Wealthy |
plate | Dish |
taxi | Cab |
deli | Milkbar |
friend | mate |
loud | Noisy |
cold | Chilly |
enjoy | Like |
ship | Boat |
selfish | Greedy |
kind | Nice |
choose | Pick |
hope | Wish |
Similies – describe one thing that is similar to another
As brave as a lion
As blind as a bat
As dry as a bone
As gentle as a lamb
As flat as a pancake
As large as life
As strong as an ox
As busy as a bee
As easy as ABC
As quick as lightening
As soft as silk
ONOMOTOPEIA – words that mimic sounds
Achoo ahem baa
Bang beep bong
Chatter cheep clang
Ding drip eek
Fizz flick flutter
Giggle growl gurgle
Hiss honk itch
Jangle knock la
Meow moo mumble
Neigh oink ouch
Phew ping plop
IDIOMs –
specific expression
Goof up
In ruins
Tongue in cheek
See into
Be hell bent on
Sign out
Be worse for wear
Raining cats and dogs
A chip on your shoulder
A drop in the bucket
A piece of cake
A blessing in disguise
ALLITERATION – repetition of a sound through a sentence
The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when he’ll walk by.
An ape ate an avocado.
Happy hippos hurry happily.
Mary mumbled many metaphors.
Lovely lizards live lazily.
Cliche – a word or phrase that has become common
No pain, no gain
Abandon ship.
A rose by any other name couldn’t smell as sweet.
All hands on deck.
All that jazz.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
All’s well that ends well.
At the end of the day.
At wits end.
At the last minute.
Metaphor – comparing a likeness between two objects
Her hair was soft as silk.
He has the heart of a lion.
As strong as a brick house.
A heart of stone.
She is a pig when she eats.
Leaping with laughter
Personification – giving something human qualities
The stuffed bear smiled when the boy hugged him.
Fear knocked on the door.
The blanket snuggled into my skin.
My computer hates me.
The wind was yelling at the door.
TENSES
PAST | PRESENT | FUTURE |
Ran Wrote Enjoyed Played Gone Took Typed Drew Shopped Listened Felt Changed | Running Writing Enjoying Playing Going Taking Typing Drawing Shopping Listening Feeling Changing | Run Write Enjoy Play Go Take Type Draw Shop Listen Feel Change |
Common nouns –
the name of everyday objects, places or non specific people
Book cave actor
Crayon children chicken
Flavour coast daughter
Donkey hen hill
Jar kite beetle
Heat wish reward
Recess lunch desk
Chair pen box
Trick sister plastic
Room road valley
Proper nouns –
names of a specific person, group of people, place or object
Mr Barba
Susan
Perth
Australia
Western Australia
Miss Axton
Johnny Depp
Africa
Christian
Cadbury
ADJECTIVES –
describing words
Alive ahead available
Bad black beautiful
Cheerful chubby cold
Damp dazzling dizzy
Early evil excellent
Fast fat fabulous
Gentle giant good
Half heavy handsome
Itchy idiotic invincible
Jealous jittery jagged
Large late lovely
Mighty muddled majestic
CONJUNCTIONS –
joining words
After although as
As if as long as as much as
Because before as soon as
Even if in case by the time
If in order in case
Once only if even though
Since so that than
That though till
Unless until when
Whenever and or
Unless where while
Compound words
Aeroplane something
cardboard today
Cannot nothing
inside aloud
Mountain morning
goodbye workman
backdrop catfish
championship grasshopper
grapevine graveyard
overcoat proofread
rainfall raincoat
shoreline strawberry
suitcase underarm
Contractions
Contraction | Extended |
I’ve I’d Can’t Couldn’t Didn’t Doesn’t Don’t Hadn’t Hasn’t Haven’t He’d He’s He’ll I’ll I’m Isn’t Let’s Mightn’t Mustn’t Shan’t She’d She’ll She’s Shouldn’t That’s There’s They’d They’ll They’re They’ve We’d We’re We’ve Weren’t What’ll What’re What’s What’ve Where’s Who’s Who’ll Who’re Who’s Who’ve Won’t Wouldn’t You’d You’ll You’re You’ve | I have I would Can not Could not Did not Does not Do not Had not Has not Have not He had / would He is He will I will I am Is not Let us Might not Must not Shall not She had/would She will She is Should not That is There is They had/would They will They are They have We had/would We are We have Were not What will What are What is What have Where is Who is Who will Who are Who is Who have Will not Would not You had/would You will You are You have |
