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1. What is an adverb?

a word that describes an adjective

a word that describes a verb

a word that describes noun

2. What is an adjective?

a doing word

a word that describes a noun

when you use two words together that start with the same sound

3. An article (e.g. a, an, the) tells you

whether a noun is specific or general

where something is in relation to something else

how big something is in relation to something else

4. What is a verb?

it tells you whether a noun is specific or general

a describing word

a doing word

5. What sort of word is 'nose'?

A noun

An adverb

An adjective

6. What is a pronoun?

a word that takes the place of a noun

the name of a place, a person or a thing

a word that describes a noun

7. What is an adverbial phrase?

more than one word doing the job of an adverb

an adverb and an adjective used together

an adverb placed after the verb it describes

8. What type of word is 'inside'?

verb

pronoun

preposition

9. Why do we use conjunctions?

to describe nouns

to join sentences together

to shorten a sentence

10. What is a clause?

something you find on a cat's paw

a doing word

a short sentence

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