year 2 Grammar- parts of speech

I am the name of a person, place, or thing.

I am a -------------

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

• Preposition

I am the word you use instead of a noun

Example: he, she, we

I am ---------------

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

• preposition

I am the word that describes the noun

who am I?

• Adjective

• verb

• pronoun

• preposition

I am an action word.

I tell you what action the noun is doing

who am I?

• preposition

• alliteration

• homophone

• verb

I am the word that shows the position of the noun.

Example: under, above, in, on, at

who am I?

• pronoun

• alliteration

• homophone

• preposition

Two words that have same sound but different meanings are called

• homophone

• synonym

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Words with the same meaning are called ---------

Examples

1.Jog, run

2.Listen, hear

3.Little, small, tiny

4.Look, see, glance, stare

5.Mad, angry, furious

• synonyms

• homophone

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in ‘he built a big boat’ is called

• alliteration

• homophone

• synonym

• pronoun

To have the same ending sound as another word;

to contain lines that end with words that sound the same is called

• alliteration

• rhyming

• onomatopoeia

• homophone

The process of creating or using a word that phonetically imitates resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes is called --------

Example: The sheep went, “Baa.”

Those clucking chickens are driving me crazy!

• alliteration

• verb

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia