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The document provides instructions and examples for teaching grammar concepts using flashcards. It includes 12 flashcards that have a concept on one side and a description and examples on the other. It also lists additional cards needed to teach expanded noun phrases. The cards cover topics like subjects, verbs, objects, adverbs, connectives, and punctuation.

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Colourful Semantics Display Material - Flashcards - Ariel Font

The document provides instructions and examples for teaching grammar concepts using flashcards. It includes 12 flashcards that have a concept on one side and a description and examples on the other. It also lists additional cards needed to teach expanded noun phrases. The cards cover topics like subjects, verbs, objects, adverbs, connectives, and punctuation.

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DO NOT PRINT THIS PAGE!

The following slides are flash card/display material to


help when you are teaching colourful semantics. Each
staff member teaching a group will need a set of these
to help within the lessons. The first 12 are designed to
be folded in half so that you have 2 different sides. The
first side has the concept and widget image, and the
second side has a brief description and examples.
When teaching expanded noun phrases, you will need
2 of the ‘what like’ cards (Slide 9).
dog

children

Who?
This is who your
sentence is about.

(Who is a noun –
person/character or animal)
jumping

cooking

Doing?
This is the action
your who is doing.

(What doing is a verb)


cake

toys

What?
This is what the
action is done to.

(What is a noun - thing)


park

Where?
zoo

This is where the


activity takes place.

(Where is a noun - place)


The
children

Harry Potter

To Whom?
This is who the
activity is being done
towards.

(To whom is a noun – person,


character or animal)
As the sun
set

When? After she brushed her teeth

This is when the


activity was taking
place.
(When is an adverb of time. If
‘when’ is written at the start of a
sentence then is known as a
fronted adverbial)
lazily

reluctantly

How? This tells us how


something is done.
(How is an adverb of manner. If
‘how’ is written at the start of a
sentence then is known as a
fronted adverbial. ‘How’ words
usually end with the suffix ‘ly’)
irritating

What like? sparse

This tells us more


information about
the who, what,
where or to whom.
(‘what like’ is an adjective)
Dumbledore’s

Whose? The cat’s

This tells us who


something belongs
to.
(Whose is a noun and will include
an apostrophe for possession as
the ‘what’ belongs to them.)
not

connectives but
so

These words help


us to join two parts
of a sentence
together.
As a result

Why? So

This tells us why


something has
happened.

(these words are connectives and


help join to clauses together)
Auxiliary verbs been

had
(Little doing words)

These are little doing


words that help the
main verb.
Comma
(This must be used after a
fronted adverbial)

As the sun set, the train left the


station.
Speech punctuation.

Speech marks
Capital letter
Actual words spoken
Punctuation
Speech marks
Synonym for said
“Slow down!” whispered Bob.
Stop punctuation.

.!?
Capital letter.

ABCDEFG
HIJKLMN
OPQRSTU
VWXYZ

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