Homework over the weekend

Dear all,

I'll start grammar revision with our boys next week onwards. In order to make revision enjoyable for all, I've given our boys each a task i.e. to create a grammar game over the weekend. The grammar topic that each boy needs to work on is listed below. 

Homework:

1) Bring Grammar and Vocabulary Book.

2) Learn the spelling words for week 3 and dictation passage for week 4. Test on the spelling words and dictation passage on Monday 24 September.

3) Create a grammar game on the topic assigned. Include an instruction manual to explain how the grammar game is played. Bring the game on Monday 24 September. The pupil with the most innovative and popular grammar game will be rewarded with a Nerf Gun.



Grammar Topics

For boys with Index no. 1 - 5, please create a grammar game on Idioms.

Idioms are expressions that would have different meanings if you took the words apart.

Here is an example:

In the dark- the meaning of the idiom is that you don’t know what’s really going on. They didn’t want her to know, so they kept her in the dark about it.

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Boys with Index no. 6 - 10, please create a grammar game on prefix.

A prefix comes before a root word and changes the meaning of the word. For example, if you take the root word "game" and add a prefix, it becomes something different.

pregame- before the game

postgame- after the game

It’s helpful to know the meaning of a prefix to help you figure out a word. Take a look at the following prefixes and the root words they’re attached to.

un-means not: unhappy, untied

over- means excessive or completely: overconfident, overjoyed

hemi- means half: hemisphere

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Boys with Index no. 11- 15,please create a grammar game on suffix.

A suffix goes at the end of a root word. It can tell you when something happened by changing the tense of a verb, modify the root word, or change the meaning.

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to alter the grammatical function of the original word. For example, the verb read can be made into the noun reader by adding the suffix -er; read can be made into the adjective readable by adding the suffix -able.




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Boys with Index no. 16 - 20,please create a grammar game on homophones.

Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. Usually they are spelled differently, but they can also be spelled the same. An easy way to remember this is to remember that you listen and speak when you are on a phone. When you hear the word “phone” in homophone, remember that it means that the words sound the same or are pronounced the same. Here are some examples of homophones that are spelled differently and have different meanings:

paws/pause, flee/flea, pole/poll, ate/eight, one/won

Here are a few homophones that sound the same and are also spelled the same, but have different meanings:

rose (the flower) and rose (past tense of rise), bear (the animal) and bear (to tolerate)

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Boys with Index no. 21 - 25,please create a grammar game on contractions and compound words.

A contraction is word that is a shortened form of two words put together.

We cannot go to the store today because we did not behave.

We can’t go to the store today because we didn’t behave.

You can also use contractions to add some variety to your writing.

A compound word combines two words to make one word.

For example, playground and stovetop are compound words. So are classroom and baseball.

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Boys with Index no. 26 - 30,please create a grammar game on antonyms and synonyms.

An antonym is the opposite of a word. It is often used to help a writer show the difference between two things. For example, a writer might say something like this, “Yes, they were sisters, but they couldn’t have been more different. One was tall. The other was short. One was very loud. The other was super quiet.”

Synonyms are words that have similar meanings, while antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Instead of repeating that he’s running, he can also be sprinting, bolting, or whizzing by! A thesaurus is a great resource when it comes to synonyms and a dictionary can also be helpful.

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Boys with Index no. 31 – 35,please create a grammar game on simple present and past tense.

SIMPLE PRESENT - is used to describe an action that is occurring in the present, at the moment of speaking. The simple present is used when the precise beginning or ending of a present action, event, or condition is unknown or is unimportant to the meaning of the sentence. In short, the child's communication intent is about the action, and unconcerned about time of action aspects.

SIMPLE PAST (Regular and Irregular)- The simple past is used to describe an action that occurred in the past, sometime before the moment of speaking. The regular past tense verb is marked with the [ed] ending as in (walk - walked). Th


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Boys with Index no. 36 – 41,please create a grammar game on phrasal verbs.

Phrasal Verbs

A phrasal verb made up of a verb (usually one of action or movement) and a prepositional adverb--also known as an adverbial particle (of direction or location). There are hundreds of phrasal verbs in English, many of them (such as tear off, run out [of], and pull through) with multiple meanings.