Adjective
|
A
word or phrase that is added to describe a noun.
Examples: The day is sunny.
She wore a beautiful,
red dress |
Adverb |
A
word or phrase that changes or describes a verb.
Examples: Sanjeev walked slowly
to school. Sinead jumped easily
over the bar.
|
Antonym |
A
word that means the exact opposite of the word you are
looking at.
Example: Friend and enemy
- Multiply and divide -
Painful and painless |
Apostrophe
(') |
A
punctuation mark used to shorten two words together.
Example: Do not; don't.
Can not; can't. I think
it's going to snow
Or to show the owning of something.
Example: This is the dog's
basket. |
Appendix |
A
part of a document or book that contains extra, useful,
but not essential information.
Look at page 31 at the end of this booklet. |
Asterisk
(*) |
Used
to draw a reader's attention to a piece of information
at the bottom of a page in a book Example:
a footnote. |
Colon
(:) |
A
punctuation mark used to add extra information to a
sentence without using a full stop.
This can be a list, a statement or a saying.
Example: Julie read the poem by
Walter de la Mere: "Slowly, silently now the moon."
Example: The good news was announced
yesterday: The baby is a boy. |
Comma
(,) |
A
punctuation mark that separates parts of a sentence
and usually shows where you should take a breath when
reading. Note: the word and takes the place of a comma.
Example: Emma moved quietly down
her regular beat, looked carefully around the corner
and spotted a thief breaking a car window. |
Conjunction |
A
word that links two parts of a sentence or phrase. And
is the most common.
Example: Rashide felt cold because
it was still only March.
Example: Charlie wore his brightest coat and
hat, but was just as cold
as Rashide. |
Dash
(-) |
Links
two different parts of a sentence.
Example: Cherry believed -- and
hoped-- Bill would laugh. |
