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Possessive apostraphe

Find an apostrophes in each sentence that is missing. Use a coloured pencil to put it in.

• I don’t like spaghetti.
• I wish you wouldn’t push me.
• Chloe’s hat had a flower on it.
• Isn’t it nice weather?
• I’ll wash up later.
• Kim won’t tidy her bedroom.
• My mum’s handbag is pink.
• Bill’s brother is in year 7.
• Thomas hasn’t got a bike.

Find 3 apostrophes here!

• Last night I couldn’t eat my dinner because

       It was liver and onions, which I don’t like, it’s

       Disgusting!

Find as many apostrophes as you can in the following paragraph. Use a coloured pencil to put them in when you are really sure!

On saturday we went to the zoo and saw lot’s of animals. There were zebras, lions, elephants, horses, rabbits and monkeys. I wasn’t allowed to feed the animals but I didn’t mind. My brother’s favourite animal was the biggest monkey, its tail was long and fluffy. I liked the lion best. Its claws were sharp, it's really scary! My mum’s favourite was the rabbits, she thought they were cute but they

Weren’t, they were boring. In one week’s time Dad’s taking me to the circus where I will see jugglers and acrobats. I can’t wait!

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Hyperbole

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Hyperbole

A hyperbole is  a form of figurative languages

Like  similes and and metaphors.hyperbole

Are used of emphasising and humour speaking

And writing.

Examples of hyperbole

1.It was so cold i saw polar bears  wearing

Jacket.

2. i had a  ton of chores to do.

3.She is as thin as a toothpick (simile/hyperbole)  

4.He was skinny enough to jumped through a keyhole.

5. Her smile was a mile wide.

6. His brain is the size of a pear.

7. are walking as slow as a snail.

8. His stomach is a bottomless pit.

9.i was so hungry that i could've eaten an ox.

Personification

Thursday 15 September 2016

Personification

Everyone knows what a person is, but do you know what personification is? A personification is when you assign human qualities to something that isn’t alive.

Examples of personification

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
• The run down house  appeared dressed.
• The first rays of the morning tiptoed through the meadow.
• The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from on to another.
• The river swallowed the earth as the water continued to rise higher and higher.
• The thunder grumbled like an old man.
• At precisely 6:30 am my alarm clock sprang into life.
• The news took me by surprise.
• The evil tree was lurking in the shadows.
• The ocean danced in the moonlight.