Grammar Flashcards
Imperative sentences.
An instructive sentence. ‘Empty the dishwasher’.
Interrogative sentences.
A questioning sentence. ‘Did you kill Joffrey?’.
Exclamative sentences.
A sentence with an exclamation mark. ‘The child is blue!’.
Declarative sentences.
A statement. ‘I am hungry.’
Complex sentence.
A sentence containing a main clause, with one or more sub/dependent clauses. ‘He looked into the distance, wading into the water.’
Compound sentence.
A sentence with two or more main clauses.
Simple sentence.
A sentence with one clause. ‘I killed her slowly with a knife’.
Minor sentence.
A sentence with words missing (ellipsis).
Ellipsis.
Missing out words. (Minor sentences)
Tense.
Past, present or future. (Then, Now, Will.)
Syntax.
How the sentence is put together.
Noun.
A name, actions, qualities. (Person, place, object or thing) T.O.P.P
Abstract noun.
Words that senses can not detect - ‘Love’, ‘Honour’.
Adverbs.
Modifies that typically end in ‘ly’, - ‘Quickly’.
Adjectives.
Describing words. ‘Red’, ‘Ugly’.
Verbs.
Words describing a state, action. ‘Running’.
Paranthetical expressions.
Verbs such as ‘suppose’, ‘believe’, ‘think’ and ‘know’ which semantically express the strength of an utterance.
Antecedent.
Pronoun which refers back to the noun.
Indefinite article.
A non-specific determiner - ‘it’.
Modal auxiliary verb.
Could, should, would, ought, might, shall, will, can, must.
Definite article.
A specific determiner - ‘the’.
Indefinite pronouns.
Being uncertain about someone. ‘Someone came ‘round’.
Morphology.
Word formation.
Morphemes.
Individual units that make up a word.