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Acronynms
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Alliteration
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Anagrams
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Homonyms
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Homophones
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Idioms
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Limericks
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Onomatopoeias
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Palindromes
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Riddles
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Similes
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Synonyms
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Quiz Time
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Answers
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Write out acronyms for the following:
1. World Wildlife Fund
2. People�s Dispensary for Sick Animals
3. Save Our Ship
4. Estimated Time of Arrival
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In the following sentences underline those words that can be made into an
acronym. The first one has been done as an example.
1. Jamie�s Dad was a member of the Automobile Association.
2. When he was older Steven wanted to join the Royal Air Force.
3. Mr Matthew�s had been a member of the Royal National Lifeboat
Institute for many years.
4. Sam�s grandfather had been a Prisoner of War.
5. Mr and Mrs Patterson were both members of the Parents and Teachers�
Association.
6. At the bottom of Julie�s letter she wrote please turn over.
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Written below are six acronyms. Write them out in full before underlining
each one you can find in the box below.
1. RSVP
2. UN
3. LEA
4. RAC
5. RNLI
6. RAF
7. SOS
please reply
B K L R U P L E A S E R E P L Y B H J U K UN I T E D N A T I O N S HG B
C V Q S D T Y U P Z A S D R L O C A L E DU C A T I ON A U T HO R I T Y
H T Y A D V R O Y A L A U T OMO B I L E C L U B H J U I O I U O N B I O
D C VU Y R O Y A L NA T I ONA L L I F E B OA T I N S T I T U T E B H
V B H J I U K D S D C V F R O Y A L A I R F O R C E G B NM J I K O P S G
J G N S F S A V E O U R S H I P K L M Y T RW P L O K NMH Y T F B V M I
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Turn the following phrases below into acronyms using
the first letter of each word.
Example: WHAL translated could read Work Hard At Lessons.
1� Back at school
2� Keep it to yourself
3� Did you hear what I said
4�End of school
5� Had a dream
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Match up the five phrases with their correct acronyms.
Phrase
Bye until tomorrow
Be yourself
Are you alright?
Happy at school?
Today is cold
Fun Acronym
AYA
HAS
TIC
BUT
BY
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Written below are a number of different phrases that can be translated
into
acronyms. After abbreviating
each one find only the word/s written in bold
hidden in the grid.
1� Free of charge
FOC
2� Royal National Institute for the Blind
3� In any event
4�Absent without Leave
5� Please turn over
6� Her Royal Highness
7� Point of view
8� Cash on delivery
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Remembering Acronyms
stands for the Alphabet from A to Z.
stands for Capital letters you see.
stands for Rhythm used in rhymes.
stands for Opposites such as dull and fine.
stands for Negative any word that means no.
stands for Yell when someone has stood on your toe.
stands for Metaphor, Morse code, and many more.
stands for Spellings, how do you spell score?
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Alliteration
What is Alliteration?
Alliteration is using several words together in a sentence which all have the same
sounds.
Example: Sing a Song of Sixpence, as you can see the letter S has been used three
times in the same line.
Alliteration is used in tongue twisters, short poems and very often when writing a
descriptive piece.
Here are some further examples:
Pretty Petunia practised painting prunes
Charlie can�t count correctly
Tony traced Tabby to a tiny tent
Parsnips or pilchards or picking peas
Albert ate eighteen apples
Donna the Dalmatian darted down to Devon
Sonia sang sweetly
The wild and woolly west
The trees tilted tenderly towards
Samantha slept snugly on silken sheets
Wild wintry winds whistled
Toad tried tickling Tommy�s tiny toes
Lots of laundry lying on the lovely lino
Bossy Brian boasted because he beat Bob to the beginning
Sailors swaying side-to-side, slimy seasickness slides up, stinking senses, staining shirts
The wolves watched warily as wintry winds whistled
The summer sun shone sending shadows shimmering
If you listen to some TV advertisements you will notice that alliteration is used
quite frequently. Can you think of any?
Some authors use alliteration when trying to make part of a story more exciting.
Example 1
Bingo ran over to get the ball. It sounds pretty dull, but if alliteration is used.
Example 2
Bright and bushy tailed Bingo bounded briskly towards the bouncing ball.
You can actually imagine Bingo bounding over to retrieve the ball.
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Alliteration can add humour to a piece of writing.
Example: Busy bakers baking bread
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From the selection of words below, choose one which you think would
match the sentences.
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fishing
teenagers
cooking
policemen
shepherds
teaching
1. Cheery Chefs
.
2.
shepherding silly sheep.
3. Portly
pacing.
4. Forty fishermen
.
5. Lots of teachers
.
6. Ten
talking.
Underline the alliteration used in the following two tongue twisters. The
2first
one has been done as an example.
1. Harry Hippo hated happy hippos
because happy hippos made Harry sad
So whenever happy hippos were sad
Harry Hippo was always glad.
2. Six stinking sweaty socks
Sweaty six socks that stunk.
Poems
Here are some very short poems illustrating the use of alliteration.
Nancy Nuisance
Nancy Nuisance, no one liked
always naughty never nice.
Godfrey the Goldfish
Godrey the Goldfish grew and grew
why he did no one knew,
Guzzling greedily gaining weight
until Godfrey the Goldfish met his fate.
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