NOUN A noun is the word used to identify a person, place, object or idea. Common nouns refer to any of the above, whereas proper nouns refer to any particular person, place or idea.

Example: Common Noun                        Proper Noun

                Glass, pen, girl                          Peter,  Wigan

PRONOUN A pronoun is a word used in the place of one or more nouns.

Example: It was almost noon when she was able to ask her friend if she had seen him.

ADJECTIVE An adjective changes a noun or pronoun. It describes the colour, shape, size, what kind and how many.

Example: A young woman was buying an expensive scarf.

VERB A verb is a word that expresses action or state of being. The tense of the verb shows the time of the action or state.

Example: I touch the window (present tense) I touched the window (past tense) I will touch the window (future tense)

ADVERB An adverb is used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It expresses where, when and how much.

Example: The woman walked quickly (modifies walked)     She was very beautiful (modifies the adjective beautiful)   The truck moved too slowly (modifies the adverb slowly)

PREPOSITION A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and the rest of the sentence, making the meaning clearer.

Example: The car pulled up alongside the truck.

CONNECTIVES Connectives join words or groups of words.

Example: Bring your dog to the show and you could enter the competition.

Although he was hungry, he did not stop to eat.

ALLITERATION Alliteration is the term used to describe a set of word that all begin with the same sound.

Example: beautiful buzzing bees

DIALOGUE Dialogue is a spoken or written conversation between two or more people.

Example: "Have you any money?" asked John. "No its not pay day 'til Thursday," replied Dave.

FICTION Fiction is an imaginative text that is made up by the writer.

Example: story, poem, novel.

NON FICTION Non fiction is a text that is factual.

Example: dictionary, encyclopeadia.

GLOSSARY A glossary is a list of words and their definitions, often found at the back of a non fiction book.

Example: Nutrients ? the goodness in any food.

DICTIONARY A dictionary is a book in which words are listed in alphabetical order and their meanings explained.

Example: Mum - an informal word for mother.

THESAURUS A thesaurus is a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together.

Example: Mug, beaker, cup, flagon, jug, pot, tankard, toby jug.

PARAGRAPH A paragraph is a section within a piece of writing. Each paragraph begins on a new line.  It shows a new piece of information or idea.

Example: New character, change of location etc.

SENTENCE A sentence is a group of words that make sense when read together. A sentence must begin with a capital letter, contain at least one verb and end with a full stop.

Example: My dog likes to bark at the postman.