English skills, starter task

English Skills

How much can you remember about what we have covered over the past few weeks?

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The lion and lioness lounged lazily in the long grass

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The lion and lioness lounged lazily in the long grass

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Simile

Personification

Alliteration

Metaphor

The lion and lioness lounged lazily in the long grass

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Simile

Personification

Alliteration

Metaphor

The world is your oyster

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Alliteration

Metaphor

The world is your oyster

Hyperbole

Simile

Compound adjective

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The bullet whistled past Neo's ear.

The bullet whistled past Neo's ear.

Alliteration

Personification

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

The bullet whistled past Neo's ear.

Alliteration

Personification

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

For your next task, click on a window to open it. You will be given a definition of a structural or language feature. You are looking for the definition of "parentheses"; when you think you have the right definition, click on the red tick beneath that window.

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The Power of Three

We need to stay strong, resolute and focused

The good, the bad and the ugly

I need to buy: milk, sugar and cheese.

Can you identify the power of three statement

With an enormous "Splash", the whale

Splash is an example of, what?

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With an enormous "Splash", the whale

Metaphor

Splash is an example of, what?

Simile

Alliteration

Onomatapoeia

Remember semantic fields? For the next task, you need to find the word that is NOT in the semantic field of happiness

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ON

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OFF

Find the word that is NOT in the semantic field of happiness

Gloomy

Appealing

Blissful

Jubilation

Delightful

Cheery

Enjoy

Fun

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