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6LA Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech & Homophones
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a noun? | person, place, thing or idea |
| What is a verb? | an action word |
| What is an adverb? | describes a verb |
| What is an adjective? | describes a noun |
| What does suede mean? | soft material made from cow's hide |
| What does shone mean? | having to do with light |
| What does chute mean? | like a slide or tunnel |
| What does pane mean? | a section of a window |
| What does shown mean? | to have seen |
| What does tied mean? | to link together tightly or to have the same score |
| What does swayed mean? | to move from one direction to another |
| What does birth mean? | new life |
| What does reel mean? | the part of the fishing pole that winds up the line |
| What does tide mean? | the motion of the ocean according to time |
| What does real mean? | not fake |
| What does missed mean? | off the mark |
| What does pain mean? | hurt |
| What does berth mean? | sleeping compartment on a train |
| What does shoot mean? | to fire |
| What does mist mean? | watery vapor |
| What does pair mean? | two indentical things that are matched for use together |
| What does pear mean? | the edible fruit |
| What does whale mean? | a large marine mammal |
| What does wail mean? | a prolonged mournful cry |
| What does threw mean? | to propel or cast in any way |
| What does through mean? | in at one end and out the other |
| What does one mean? | a single unit or individual |
| What does won mean? | to finish first in a race |
| What does steel mean? | a thing made of this metal |
| What does steal mean? | to take without permission |
| What does waist mean? | the part of the body between the ribs and hips |
| What does waste mean? | to consume, spend or employ uselessly |
| What does right mean? | in accordance with what is good, proper or just |
| What does write mean? | to form letters on the surface of some material |
| What does piece mean? | a limited portion or quantity of something |
| What does peace mean? | to end hostilities and abstain from further fighting |
| What does stares mean? | to gaze intently |
| What does stairs mean? | a series of steps that go from one floor to another |
| What does allowed mean? | to give permission to or for |
| What does aloud mean? | with the normal tone and volume of the speaking voice |
| What does hour mean? | equivalent to 60 minutes |
| What does our mean? | used to denote oneself and another or others |
| What does hire mean? | to engage in the services of a person in exchange for wages or other payment |
| What does higher mean? | having a specified extent upward |