English Subject Specific Vocabulary
Here are signs used at Heathlands for English subject specific vocabulary.
There may be different signs for some of the vocabulary used in different settings. It is important that pupils can also sign, fingerspell, read and the required vocabulary as well as understanding what it means.
Click on the letter to reveal vocabulary starting with that letter.
A
Active
Adjective
Adverb
Adverbial
Ambiguity
Antonym
Apostrophe
B
Brackets
C
Capital letter
Clause
Cohesion
Colon
Comma
Command
Conjunction (connective)
Consonant
Continuous (progressive)
Coordination
D
Dash
Determiner
Direct speech
E
Ellipsis
Exclamation mark
Exclamation
Expanded noun phrase
F
Figurative language
Full stop
Future
H
Hyphen
I
Inverted commas
L
Letter(s)
M
Metaphor
Modal verb
N
Noun Phrase
Noun
O
Object
P
Parenthesis
Passive
Past
Perfect tense
Personification
Phrase
Plural
Possessive
Prefix
Preposition
Present
Pronoun
Punctuation
Q
Question mark
Question
R
Relative clause
Relative pronoun
S
Semicolon
Sentence
Simile
Simple
Singular
Speech marks
Statement
Subject
Subordinate clause
Subordination
Suffix
Synonym
T
Tense
V
Verb
Vowel
W