Archive for 'English Grammar'
Fun with Alliteration Posted by heather on Jan 25, 2012
Today I thought we could have a bit of fun looking at alliteration. What is alliteration? Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. Need an example? Here’s three… Dozy Doug dug a deep ditch. He’s always naughty and nasty – not nice to know. The sweet smell of success. Why would you…
Computer Keyboard Symbols and Punctuation Posted by Gabriele on Jan 20, 2012
Have you ever wondered what the names are for all those extra symbols on your keyboard? Many of these symbols are punctuation marks of one kind or another, while some are just symbols that are commonly used in writing. Below I’ve made a table that gives you the names of all of these symbols. The…
Having Some Fun With Puns Posted by heather on Jan 18, 2012
Recently we have had a look at homophones and homographs. Now that we have done all the hard work, we can have a little bit of fun by using what we have learned and practised to make puns. Puns are jokes that rely on homophones and homographs for their humor. For example: My pony is…
Getting to Grips with Homographs Posted by heather on Jan 14, 2012
Last week we had a look at homophones. As a quick reminder, a homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and sometimes a different spelling. Today we are going to take a look at homographs. A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as…
Parts of Speech in English – Conjunctions and Interjections Posted by Gabriele on Jan 13, 2012
The last two parts of speech that we have to cover in our review of parts of speech in English are conjunctions and interjections. Here we go! . Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that “joins”. It joins two parts of a sentence together. There are two important ways to categorize conjunctions by their relationship…
Parts of Speech in English – Pronouns and Prepositions Posted by Gabriele on Jan 12, 2012
Today we continue with our review of the different parts of speech in the English language. The two parts of speech that I will review today are pronouns and prepositions. Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. You use a pronoun instead of a noun, that is, the pronoun replaces the noun…
Parts of Speech in English – Adjectives and Adverbs Posted by Gabriele on Jan 10, 2012
Now that we have reviewed verbs and nouns (see my previous posts), it makes the most sense that the next two parts of speech we look at should be adjectives and adverbs. Adverbs and adjectives are the words that we used to describe verbs and nouns. Adjectives An adjective is a word that tells us…