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Determiner<br />
A word used before nouns in a similar way to an<br />
adjective<br />
For example: a horse, the horse, some horses,<br />
that horse, these horses, my/his/their<br />
horse, each horse, every horse<br />
Direct speech<br />
The exact words spoken by a person; quotation<br />
marks are needed<br />
For example: ‘Where did you put my skateboard?’ he<br />
asked.<br />
Double negative<br />
Two negatives in a sentence, which reverse the<br />
meaning<br />
For example: He hasn’t got no skateboard.<br />
Ellipsis<br />
Three full stops used in writing to show that text has<br />
been omitted, indecision or incompleteness of speech<br />
or thought<br />
For example: The children enjoyed reciting the<br />
nursery rhyme, ‘Jack and Jill went<br />
up …’<br />
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