Grammar Rules & Definitions
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Compound Words
– a word composed of two or more different words
Synonyms
– words that have the same or nearly the same meaning
Antonyms
– words that have opposite meanings
Homonyms
– words that are pronounced the same, but their meanings and their spellings are not the same
Prefix
– placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning
Suffix
– is a group of letters placed at the end of a word to make a new word.
Capital Letters –
Always use CAPITAL LETTERS for…
- The first word of every sentence
- Title of a name
- An initial in a name
- Abbreviations
- Particular people & pets
- Names of people from particular countries
- The word “I”
- Months, days of the week,special Days, holy days & holiday
- Cities, states, countries
- Lakes, rivers, oceans
- Title of a book, titles of T.V. programs, movies, poems – except for small words like: and, of in, the. Always capitalize the first & last words. (Example: Dungeons and Dragons, The Princess and the Frog)
- The first word of a direct quotation: (Example:”Can you play?” asked Jenny.)
- The first word in the closing of a letter: (Example: Your friend, Sue)
- The first word of a greeting: (Dear Ned,)
Plural Nouns:
Singular Noun
– names one person, place or thing.
Plural Noun
-names more than one person, place or thing.
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