An Adjective describes a noun. Using adjectives makes your sentences more interesting.
Watch the video clip to see some adjectives.
You could write this sentence:
The koala eats gum leaves.
or you could add an adjective and write:
The cuddly koala eats leaves.
Try to add adjectives to the nouns in the subject of your sentence and add them as a blog comment.
In a sentence there is a subject and then the action (verb) that the subject does, or something about the subject.
e.g. The dog barks.
The dog is the subject and the action is barks.
or The dog is cuddly.
Again the dog is the subject and is cuddly tells us about the dog.
Remember that a sentences begins with a capital and ends in a full stop.
Can you write some simple sentences in a blog?
You could use any of these subjects:
My cat
The tree
My friend
A car
Or you could think of other subjects for your sentence.
A verb is an action word it is what you can do.
What are some things that you can do? Can you add some verbs to your blog? They could be verbs that you think about at swimming, or some holiday verbs.
When we put two words together to make a new word it is called a compound word.
Can you think of some compounds word to write on your blog.
A homonym is a word that is spelt the SAME, but has a different meaning.
See if you can think of some homonyms. Remember that you must use sentences to explain the different meanings.
Homophones are words which sound the same but have different spelling and a different meaning.
Can you add some interesting homophones to our site?
Can you find 5 pairs of synonyms that you can send on a blog for us to read?
Remember that synonyms are words that mean the same. Enjoy!
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