โ๏ธ Language Arts
6 Thinkapedia articles โ short, clear answers written for kids, each with a quick quiz.
Kids ask: What is an adjective?Is or are?What is a synonym?
๐จWhat Is an Adjective?An adjective is a word that describes a noun โ how it looks, sounds, feels or how many there are.๐งฉWhat Are Prefixes and Suffixes?A prefix is added to the start of a word and a suffix to the end. Both change the wordโs meaning.๐What Is a Synonym?Synonyms are different words that mean the same thing, or almost the same thing โ like happy and glad.โ๏ธIs or Are? Was or Were?Use "is" for one thing and "are" for more than one. In the past, "was" is for one and "were" is for more than one.โชWhat Is the Past Tense?The past tense tells about something that already happened. Most verbs just add -ed: walk โ walked.๐How Do You Use "Because"?"Because" connects what happened to the reason why. "I stayed inside because it was raining."