★ For Keinan ★

My English Study Guide

Everything for tomorrow's big test — you've got this! ✏️

The cards with a gold ★ are the ones to look at twice — they're the tricky bits from your last tests. Everything else you've already shown you can do!

Sounds & Letters

How letters team up to make sounds 🔤

Look twice ★ 🪄
Magic "e"
A silent e at the end of a word is magic — it makes the vowel say its own name. The short vowel becomes a long vowel.
plan → plane · man → mane · mad → made · cap → cape
Look twice ★ 🔗
Digraphs
Two letters that join to make one sound.
ship · chop · think · sing · sink
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Trigraphs
Three letters that join to make one sound.
igh: sigh · light · night · high
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Syllables
The beats in a word. Clap as you say it — each clap is one syllable.
a·bom·i·na·ble = 5 · jun·gle = 2 · cat = 1

Word Play

Fun things words can do 🎵

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Sound Words
Words that sound like the noise they describe. (The fancy name is onomatopoeia.)
A car → beep beep or vroom · phone → ring ring · button → boop · also: buzz, splash, whoosh, ding
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Rhyming Words
Words that end with the same sound. When counting, say each one out loud and listen.
cake / lake · eat / heat · blue / clue · cat / hat
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Alliteration
When words start with the same sound, one after another.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
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Similes
Comparing two things using like or as.
hair white like snow · teeth like nails · as brave as a lion
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Chant
A bit like a poem that you say out loud with a beat — like cheering at sports day.
"We will, we will, ROCK you!"

Describing Words ★

This was the trickiest one last time — let's master it! 🌈

Most important ★ 🌈
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (a person, animal or thing). It tells you what it's like.
the big dog · a red ball · a happy girl · a small trunk
Tricky! ★ 🚫
NOT adjectives
Watch out! "Drop dead" and "take a hike" are actions, not describing words. And "clue" is a thing (a noun), not an adjective.
Adjective = a describing word. If you can't put it in front of a noun (a ___ dog), it's probably not one!
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How to spot one
Ask: "What is it like?" Words about colour, size, and feelings are usually adjectives.
colour: blue · size: tall · feeling: scared · texture: thick
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Opposites
You're great at these! Adjectives often come in opposite pairs.
big/small · happy/sad · fast/slow · hot/cold · tall/short · clean/dirty

Building Sentences

Joining and finishing sentences neatly ✏️

Look twice ★ 🔗
Connectives
Joining words. Pick the one that matches the meaning:
because = a reason · if = only when · when = a time · but = a difference · so = a result · and = adds more
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Sequencing Words
Words that show the order things happen in.
First lay the drone down. Before flying, check it. After that, control it.
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Wh- Questions
Question words for asking about things.
What? Why? When? Where? Who? How?
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Punctuation
Every sentence starts with a Capital letter and ends with . ? or !
. = telling · ? = asking · ! = excited · "..." = someone talking

Verbs

Doing and action words 🏃

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What is a verb?
A doing or action word — something you can do.
run · jump · talk · help · move
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Present tense (now)
Happening now. Often add -s for one person/thing.
The robot talks · Robots help people · It moves
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Past tense (before)
Already happened. Often add -ed.
listened · loved · whispered · jumped
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-ing (happening)
Happening right now, going on. Add -ing.
saying · seeing · building · running

Sound-Alikes

Words that sound the same but mean different things 👂

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wear / where
Two words, same sound, different jobs.
wear = put on clothes · where = which place?
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hear / here
Listen for the meaning.
hear = with your ears · here = this place (not there)
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bye / buy
Same sound, very different!
bye = goodbye · buy = get something with money
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Remember
A homophone sounds the same but is spelled differently and means something different. Think about the sentence!
"I can hear you" vs "Come here"

Reading

Reading stories and answering carefully 📖

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Read the question twice
If it asks what someone did AFTER something, look for the very next thing they did — not later on.
After the tower fell, Zara laughed and gasped (then she said "let's build again!")
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Characters
The people or animals in the story. Count carefully — only the ones who are actually in it!
Sang Kancil & the Tiger = 2 characters
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Setting
Where (and when) the story happens.
"the jungle" · "a rainy afternoon"
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Title & Contents
Title = the name of the story. A contents page tells you which page a topic is on.
"What is a robot?" → look at the contents → page 10

Practice Time!

Read the question, think of your answer, then tap to check 🎯

 
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Tap "Start" to begin!
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