Grammar Flashcards
(40 cards)
Dog bit postman - person or thing performing the action is emphasised
Active voice
Ideas, feelings, qualities
Abstract nouns
Word or group of words usually giving information about time or a place - on Friday
Adverbial
Placed in front of main verbs - he is running
Auxiliary verb
Part of a sentence usually separated by punctuation or connective
Clause
FANBOYS
Coordinating conjunction
Groups of people, animals or things
Collective nouns
Types of people, places and brands
Common nouns
Comparison usually ending in -er (colder, faster, happier)
Comparative adjective
A main clause and a subordinate clause. A subordinating conjunction connects the clauses together
Complex sentence
Two independent clauses linked by a coordinating conjunction
Compound sentence
Things you can feel and see
Concrete noun
Shortened pronunciation of words - couldn’t, shouldn’t
Contraction
The, an/a
Definite and indefinite article
Pointing words - cannot be understood unless context of utterance is known
Deictic expression
This, that, those, these
Demonstrative determiner/pronoun
Used before a noun to indicate quantity, identity or significance
Determiner
Miss out parts of a sentence to avoid repetition
Ellipses
Command/directive
Imperative
Part of verb before it is changed - to run, to write, to be, to decide
Infinitive
Grammatical word ending in -er or -s
Inflection/inflectional affix
Can, will, could, would, should
Modal verbs
Smallest unit of language that expresses meaning or serves a grammatical function - unfair (2), hunters (3), truthfulness (4)
Morphemes
Study of the structure of words
Morphology