What are Irregular Verbs?Irregular verbs are common verbs in the English language that do not follow the simple system of adding “-d” or “-ed” to the end of the word to form the past tense. Some irregular verbs follow patterns, such as drink–drank, spring–sprang, know-knew, and blow-blew but you can’t use those patterns with predictability. Thus,… Read More »
Plural nouns are words that are more than one person, place, or thing. When changing a word from single noun to a plural noun, spelling rules must be kept in mind. Here are the different plural noun rules and examples. 1. Add s to form the plural of most nouns. Most nouns just need an “s” added… Read More »
What are the Elements of a Story?Elements of a Story include the following: 1. Characters – the people, animals or things who act the story. These are the individuals the story is all about2. Setting – is the time and place where the story occurs 3. Problem – is the struggle the main character is having with himself, another character or thing 4. Solution– the… Read More »
CVC words, or consonant-vowel-consonant words, are three-letter words with a consonant at the beginning, a vowel in the middle and a consonant at the end. Examples are cat, far, men, pig, pop, top, bun . Here are more CVC Word Families in these CVC Words Trees. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers… Read More »
Synonyms are words or phrases that mean exactly or nearly the same. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. Examples of synonyms are clever and smart, big and huge, bad and evil, lonely and sad. Check out the following charts to learn more… Read More »
What is a Sentence? A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself. typically containing a subject and a predicate, conveying a statement, a question, an exclamation or a command and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses. What are the Kinds of Sentences? 1. Declarative Sentence2. Exclamatory Sentence3.… Read More »
What are Pronouns? Pronouns are words that replaces nouns in a sentence. What are the Kinds of Pronouns? 1. Personal PronounsExamples: I, you, he, she, it, we you, they, me, him, her, us, them2. Possessive PronounsExamples: mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs3. Relative PronounsExamples: who, whom, whose, which, that, where, when, why, what4. Interrogative PronounsExamples: who, whom,… Read More »
A silent letter in a particular word does not need to sounded in word’s pronunciation. This makes pronunciation and spelling quite confusing. Thus, familiarization with the words with silent letters is a great way to pronounce, read and spell the words correctly. Here is a list of words with silent letters. The list include words… Read More »
Abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Examples of abbreviations are:Dr. = doctorMr. = misterAtty. = attorneyJr. = juniorSt. = streetCheck the following list of common abbreviations in English. Fun Teacher Files is a website that provides both learners and teachers with educational materials to improve literacy and numeracy. These FREE and downloadable educational resources can… Read More »
A Figure of Speech is a word or phrase that possess a separate meaning from its literal definition. Examples of figures of speech are simile and metaphor which are designed to make a comparison. Other examples can can be personification, repetition called alliteration, onomatopoeia and irony. Below are some of the figures of speech with their definition… Read More »