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Abstract nouns are nouns that you can't experience with your five senses. They are feelings, concepts, and ideas. Some examples are friendship, childhood, bravery, hope, and pride.
A common noun can be a person, place, or thing.
teacher(person) museum(place) notebook(thing)
A common noun is a person, place, or thing.
A proper noun is a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing.
Proper nouns are capitalized to show that they are important.
A proper noun...
When coming up with an idea, do not just write the name of the idea. Write the name of the idea and write down details for it so you can know how to used that idea in the game. If you don't write the details of an idea you just brainstorm then you won't be able to imagine the use of that idea...
It's hard to come up with a title for a game project you working on if you don't write a story for it. In order to named your game, you need to create characters, and a story. Then, review the story and you should come up with a title to name your game project.
When you look up a word in a dictionary, you are looking up an entry word. An entry word is usually printed in bold. Most entry words appear with listed endings. For example, you would look up the word country, not countries, stop, not stopping; and smile, not smiled.
entry word...
Guide words are words that appear at the top of a dictionary page. They tell you the first and last word on that page of the dictionary. If the word you are searching for comes between the guide words in ABC order, it will be on that page of the dictionary.
For example, bagel would be on the...
Being able to place words in alphabetical order, or ABC order, can help you find what you are looking for in a dictionary, an encyclopedia, an index, or at the library.
When two words start with the same letter, use the second letter to decide the order. If the first two letters of the words...
A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
Lydia's cheeks were as red or cherries.
The sea sparkled like jewels in the morning sun.
A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
Alexander's heart was a steady drum beating in his chest.
A multiple-meaning word(also called a homograph) is a word that has more than one meaning.
Can you help us? George bought a can of tuna.
Mia won the doll at the fair. It's not fair that you have to go last.
A multiple-meaning word(also called a homograph) is a word that has more than...
A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different spelling and meaning.
It takes an hour to get there. Our team won the game!
Tom will be late. The bee landed on the pink flower.
A homophone is a word that sounds similar as another word but spelled...
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
hard, soft
loud, quiet
new, old
right, wrong
An antonym is a word that has an opposite meaning of another word.
A synonym is a word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word.
like, enjoy
dad, father
quick, fast
insect, bug
A synonym is a word that has a similar or almost similar meaning to another word.
We all like to watch sequels of movies we like and had been a fan since the first movie came out in theaters, or on dvd, and redbox. The reasons why sequels don't be as good as the first one is because the story is the same, bad scenes that contains uncool acting, and the movie lacks good comedy...
I used to go to restaurants and order more than one order making it a total of 2 orders for myself and to share with a friend. I realize that if I keep doing this then I gained more weight and become overweight. Now, I know that the foods that I eat from restaurants contain trans fat and...
A syllable is part of a word and has one vowel sound. As you say a word, listen to the number of vowel sounds. This is the number of syllables the word has.
book= 1 vowel sound= 1 syllable
pic/ture= 2 vowel sounds= 2 syllables
for/ev/er= 3 vowel sounds= 3 syllables
Compound words can be...
The suffix -ful means full of, if a base word ends in y, change the y to i ebfore adding ful.
roomful= a room full of beautiful= full of beauty
The suffix -less means without.
colorless= without color endless= without end
The suffix -able means can be or able to be. If a base word ends in...
Suffixes can be added to the words of some words. A suffix changes the meaning of the word to which it is added.
The suffix -ly means in a way, if a base word ends in y, change the y to i before adding ly.
slowly= in a slow way happy> happily= in a happy way
The suffix -y means being or...
A prefix can be added to the beginning of some words. Adding a prefix changes the meaning of a word.
The prefixes un- and dis- both mean not.
Some words starts with a prefix. Adding a prefix before the word changes the meaning of the word. Both prefixes un- and dis- both mean not.
uneven= not...
A contraction is a short way of writing two words. When the words are combined, an apostrophe(') takes the place of the missing letters.
I am= I'm he will= he'll we have= we've is not= isn't
The words will and not form the contraction won't.
A contraction is a quick way of writing two words...
A compound word is made by joining two shorter words.
pop+corn= popcorn star+fish= starfish sun+flower=sunflower
Basically, a compound word is a combination of two words to fuse into one word.