Lisnagarvey High School

Year 8 LAC Words

SEPTEMBER

NOUN- A noun names people, places or things- nurse, river, chair

VERB- A verb is a ’doing’ or ’being’ word- shout or were

ADJECTIVE- A ’describing’ word which describes a noun- small, green, horrible

PUNCTUATION- All the rules you must follow when writing

OCTOBER

PARAGRAPH- A group of sentences about the same thing. A new paragraph begins a finger width from the margin.

SINGULAR- Means just one thing- a frog or a sheep

PLURAL- Means more than one thing- two frogs or five sheep

NOVEMBER

VOWEL- The letters a, e, i, o, u are vowels.

CONSONANT- All the other letters of the alphabet are consonants.

SENTENCE- A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. It must contain a verb and it must make complete sense on its own.

DECEMBER

EXCLAMATION MARK- This is used to show really strong feelings or someone shouting.

QUESTION MARK- This is used to show that a statement is a question.

COMMA- These are used in lists and between two ideas in a sentence.

SPEECH MARKS- Show when someone is speaking- they go before and after the words are spoken.

JANUARY

TENSE- This tells you when the action is happening.

PAST TENSE- Tells you that something has already happened- Paul ran in the race.

PRESENT TENSE- Tells you that something is happening now- Paul is running in the race.

FUTURE TENSE- Tells you that something will happen- Paul will run in the race.

FEBRUARY

CONJUNCTIONS- Words that can join two small sentences together to form one long sentence- so, and, but, however

PHRASE- A short piece of a sentence which doesn’t make sense on its own and does not contain a verb.

CLAUSE- Similar to a phrase but contains a verb.

MARCH

APOSTROPHE- makes two words into one- We have= We’ve/ They are= They’re

                           - shows ownership- The boy’s coat/ The boys’ coats

HYPHEN- Joins two words together- A man-eating tiger

                                                                - A pair of fur-lined boots

APRIL

SIMILE- Describes something by saying it’s like something else - As quiet as a mouse

                                                                                                                    - As thin as a rake

METAPHOR- A special type of simile which describes something as something else- He was a raging bull.

ALLITERATION- Repeats the same sounds at the beginning of words- She sells sea-shells on the sea shore.

MAY

RHYME- Words that have the same ending sound- late, weight, straight

RHYTHM- The beat of a poem.

LIMERICK- A special kind of poem with five lines.