Literacy Skills
Homophones
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Metaphors
Similes
Connectives
Prepositions
Nouns
Homophones are words
that sound the same
and sometimes spelt the
same but don't mean the
same thing.
For example:
I can see the sea.
Adjectives are describing
words that decribe nouns.
For example:
Apple pie is tasty.
Verbs are doing words
or action words to show
what a noun is doing.
For example:
Yesterday, I ran a marathon.
Adverbs tell us how
or when a noun is
doing its verb. For
example:
Yesterday, the old man
shouted at the young-
sters angrily.
A noun is a naming word, it is a place a
thing or a feeling. For example:
Bob went to the shops.
A metaphor is a word
or phrase that states
that one noun is a
different noun.
For example:
The sun was a golden
eye.
A Simile is a word or phrase that compares two nouns. For example:
the mountains were
as tall as skyscrapers.
Connectives are words
or phrases that join
sentences (or clauses).
For example:
Jake had pizza and
chips for his dinner.
A preposition is in
its name. It tells the
position of something.
For example:
The cat hid under the bed.
By Aman