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English
English
Words to talk about language
All about reading and writing
The following terms will help you understand and discuss the skills you use in
your reading and writing.
Questions to ask yourself when reading a book:
READING A STORY
READING TO FIND INFORMATION
FICTION
NON-FICTION
• Who is the author?
• What information do I need?
• What is the setting - the place
and time where the story happens?
• Have I checked the Contents page?
NOUNS are naming words.
We use a noun to name a person, place, thing or feeling.
E.g. woman, village, Leeds, chair, sadness.
NOUN PHRASES are phrases which have a noun as their head word.
E.g. Adult foxes can jump. Almost all healthy foxes in this area can jump.
• Have I checked the Index pages?
PRONOUNS are used instead of nouns.
E.g. he reads, it was blue.
• What are the main events that
happen in the story?
• Have I looked at pictures,
titles, and headings to see
if they help me?
ADJECTIVES are describing words.
We use an adjective to describe a noun or pronoun.
E.g. the tall boy, the happy dog, he was sad.
• What do you like or dislike
about this book?
• Have I used a dictionary
to look up new words?
• Who are the main characters?
INFINITIVES are basic forms of a verb used as the head word in a dictionary.
E.g. to walk, to be.
VERBS are doing words.
We use verbs to name actions.
E.g. he ran, the bus stopped, the girl thinks.
If you do not understand the meaning of, or don't know how to spell a word, look it
up in a dictionary. This will help your vocabulary and writing skills.
ADVERBS are words that tell you more about a verb.
E.g. she walks quickly, he will go soon.
Writing a good story
FRONTED ADVERBIALS are placed at the start of a sentence.
E.g. Before I go to sleep, I brush my teeth.
• What genre of story is it?
Adventure?
Historic?
Fantasy?
Science fiction?
ADVERBIALS are words or phrases that modify a verb or clause.
E.g. The bus leaves in five minutes.
CONJUNCTIONS are words or phrases used to join ideas together.
E.g. Adding: additionally, also, in addition, and. Time: next, first, firstly, finally.
Opposition: on the other hand, however, but. Cause: because, due to.
• Choose 2 or 3 main characters and decide what they look like and how they
behave through their actions and dialogue.
PREPOSITIONS are words that link a following noun, pronoun or noun phrase to
some other word in the sentence. Prepositions often describe locations or
directions, but can also describe time.
E.g. at, in, over, on, before, since.
• Choose a good setting - the time and place of your story.
• Give your story a beginning, a middle and an end.
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• Make your first sentence really interest the reader.
• Use strong describing words - adjectives and verbs.
DETERMINERS are words which reference a noun in some way.
They include: articles (e.g. the, a or an), demonstratives (e.g. this, those)
possessives (e.g. my, your) and quantifiers (e.g. some, every).
E.g. a new car, that new car, his new car.
ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE
An active verb has its usual pattern of subject and object. E.g. The school
arranged a visit. A passive verb places the emphasis on the object rather
than the subject. E.g. A visit was arranged by the school.
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