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Identifying concrete and abstract nouns
Read the following sentences. Underline the concrete nouns in blue and the abstract nouns in red.
Introduction to alliteration
Alliteration is when we use words together that start with the same letter. These sentences are supposed to use alliteration, but they have the wrong words at the end! Match up the sentence starters with the
correct end word so that the sentences are alliterative.
correct end word so that the sentences are alliterative.
Introduction to onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is when we want to describe a sound and we use a word that actually makes that sound. It can be used for water (splash, drip), air (whoosh, swish), a collision (bang, crash), voice (whisper,
murmur), animals (moo, tweet), vehicles (zoom, chuff). Cut out the words in the table below and see if you can work out where they should go:
murmur), animals (moo, tweet), vehicles (zoom, chuff). Cut out the words in the table below and see if you can work out where they should go:
Nouns: concrete and abstract
A concrete noun is one that has a physical presence. An abstract noun is a concept you can’t touch, smell, hear, see or taste. Look at the following passage. Can you underline all the concrete nouns in blue and the abstract nouns in red?
Onomatopoeic sounds
Onomatopoeia is a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound. Complete these poems by choosing the correct words from the boxes on the right. Could you write your own poem using some of these words?
Subject and object in a sentence
Most sentences have a subject (the thing or person the sentence is about), a verb (a doing word) and an object (something that is having something done to it by the subject). Can you find appropriate subjects, verbs and objects in the table below to fill in these sentence gaps? Then underline the subject in green, the verb in purple and the object in orange.
Subject, verb and object
In the following sentences, underline the subject in green, the verb in purple and the object in orange
The active and passive voice
Use these groups of words to write three of your own active sentences. Then use these words to write three of your own passive sentences.
Understanding active and passive
In each of the following cases, turn the sentence from passive to active or active to passive.
Understanding alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of an initial letter or sound in closely connected words. Cut out the words in the table and sort them so that they are in groups according to their first letter. Now see if you can work out where they go in these sentences.