THE BASICS Adjective A describing word Noun A thing or person Verb A word that represents an action or process Adverb describes how something is done, usually ends in –ly Modal verb verb that expresses a degree of either possibility or necessity Imperative verb Command word Pronoun A word that is used in place of a noun (he/she/them) Preposition Where something is; describes place and time Person Text is written in first (I), second (you) or third (he/she/they) Tense Past (was), present (is), future (will be) Capital letters Proper nouns, ‘I’, first word in a sentence Full stops End of a sentence Question marks End of a question instead of a full stop Commas Separate items in a list, separate clauses Apostrophes Abbreviations and possession Consistent tense Past, present or future throughout Paragraphs New para for Time, Person, Topic or Place Homophones Learn the difference – their, there, they’re etc. Connectives However, on the other hand, similarly Semi-colons Link two independent clauses to connect closely related ideas Colons Introduce a list Vary sentence starters Try using an adverb or connective Vary sentence lengths Short sentence or fragment for impact, complex for description Vary paragraph lengths Short for impact/emphasis, long for description Topic sentences Introduce content of paragraph in the first sentence
THE BASICS Adjective Noun Verb Adverb Modal verb Imperative verb Pronoun Preposition Person Tense Capital letters Full stops Question marks Commas Apostrophes Consistent tense Paragraphs Homophones Connectives Semi-colons Colons Vary sentence starters Vary sentence lengths Vary paragraph lengths Topic sentences A describing word A thing or person A word that represents an action or process describes how something is done, usually ends in –ly verb that expresses a degree of either possibility or necessity Command word A word that is used in place of a noun (he/she/them) Where something is; describes place and time Text is written in first (I), second (you) or third (he/she/they) Past (was), present (is), future (will be) Proper nouns, ‘I’, first word in a sentence End of a sentence End of a question instead of a full stop Separate items in a list, separate clauses Abbreviations and possession Past, present or future throughout New para for Time, Person, Topic or Place Learn the difference – their, there, they’re etc. However, on the other hand, similarly Link two independent clauses to connect closely related ideas Introduce a list Try using an adverb or connective Short sentence or fragment for impact, complex for description Short for impact/emphasis, long for description Introduce content of paragraph in the first sentence
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