Grammar

Question 1

What are the 6 elements of proper English?

Answer 1

1. Parts of speech
2. Parts of a sentence
3. Mechanics
4. Word order
5. Word choice
6. Word forms

Question 2

What are the 8 parts of speech?

Answer 2

1. Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Verbs
4. Adjectives
5. Adverbs
6. Prepositions
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections

Question 3

What’s a verb?

Answer 3

A verb is a word that expresses action or being.

Question 4

What are action verbs and what are 3 examples?

Answer 4

An action verb is word that implies action is being taken.

Examples: Running, climbing, loves

Question 5

What are verbs of being and what are 3 examples?

Answer 5

A being verb is a word that indicates a state of being.

Examples: is, was, will be, being, been.

Question 6

What are the 14 punctuation marks?

Answer 6

. = Full Stop
?   = Question mark
!    = Exclamation mark
,    = Comma
;    = Semicolon
\:    = Colon
--  = En Dash
--- = Em Dash
-  = Hyphen
[  ] = Square brakets
{ } = Braces
( ) = Brackets or Parentheses
‘ = Apostrophe
“” = Quotation Marks
‘’ = Single Quotation Marks
… or *** = Elipsis

Question 7

What’s the symbol for a full stop?

Answer 7

.

Question 8

When should a full stop be used?

Answer 8

When ending a sentence.

Question 9

What’s the name of this “.” punctuation mark?

Answer 9

Full Stop.

Question 10

What’s the symbol for a question mark?

Answer 10

?

Question 11

When should a question mark be used?

Answer 11

Indicates a direct question. Should be placed at the end of a sentence.

Question 12

What’s the name of this punctuation mark — “?”?

Answer 12

Question mark.

Question 13

What’s the symbol for an exclamation mark?

Answer 13

!

Question 14

When should an exclamation mark be used?

Answer 14

Indicates outcry or emphasis. Should be placed at the end of a sentence.

Question 15

What’s the name of this punctuation mark — “!”?

Answer 15

Exclamation mark

Question 16

What’s the symbol for a comma?

Answer 16

,

Question 17

When should a comma be used?

Answer 17

Indicates a pause in a series

Question 18

What’s the name of this punctuation mark — “,”?

Answer 18

Comma

Question 19

What’s the symbol for a semicolon?

Answer 19

;

Question 20

When should a semicolon be used?

Answer 20

Used to connect independant clauses.

Question 21

What’s the name of this punctuation mark — “;”?

Answer 21

Semicolon

Question 22

What’s the symbol for a colon?

Answer 22

:

Question 23

When should a colon be used?

Answer 23

3 Uses:

1. Used after a word to indicate a quote, explanation, example or a series.
2. Used between independent clauses when the second explains the first.
3. Used for emphasis.

Question 24

What’s the name of this punctuation mark : “:”?

Answer 24

Colon

Question 25

What’s the symbol for an En Dash?

Answer 25

–

Question 26

When should an En Dash be used?

Answer 26

Used to indicate a range, connections or differentiations

Question 27

What’s the name of this punctuation mark : “–”?

Answer 27

En Dash

Question 28

What’s the symbol for a Em Dash?

Question 29

When should an Em Dash be used?

Answer 29

Used in place of a comma, perenthesis, or colon to enhance readability or emphasise the conclusion.

Question 30

What’s the name of this punctuation mark: “—”?

Answer 30

Em Dash

Question 31

What’s the symbol for a hyphen?

Answer 31

-

Question 32

When should a hyphen be used?

Answer 32

Used to join two or more words together into a compound term, not separated by spaces.

Question 33

What’s the name of this punctuation mark: “-“?

Answer 33

Hyphen

Question 34

What are the symbols for square brakets?

Answer 34

[ ]

Question 35

When should square brackets be used?

Answer 35

Used for technical explanations or to clarify meaning.

Question 36

What’s the name of these punctuation marks: “[ ]”?

Answer 36

Square brakets

Question 37

What are the symbols for braces?

Answer 37

{ }

Question 38

When should braces be used?

Answer 38

Used to contain two or more lines of text or listed items to show that they’re considered a unit.

Question 39

What’s the name of these punctuation marks: “{ }”?

Answer 39

Braces

Question 40

What are the symbols for brackets or parentheses?

Answer 40

( )

Question 41

When should brackets or parentheses be used?

Answer 41

Used to contain further thoughts or qualifying remarks.

Question 42

What’s the name of these punctuation marks: “( )”?

Answer 42

Brackets or parentheses.

Question 43

What’s the symbol for an apostrophe?

Answer 43

’

Question 44

When should an apostrophe be used?

Answer 44

Used to indicate omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of lowercase letters.

Question 45

What’s the name of this punctuation mark: “’”?

Answer 45

Apostrophe.

Question 46

What are the symbols for quotation marks?

Answer 46

” “

Question 47

When should quotation marks be used?

Answer 47

3 Uses:

1. Used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another.
2. Used to indicate meaning.
3. Used to indicate the unusual or dubious state of a word.

Question 48

What’s the name of these punctuation marks: “ “?

Answer 48

Quotation marks.

Question 49

What are the symbols for single quotation marks?

Answer 49

’ ‘

Question 50

When should single quotation marks be used?

Answer 50

Used to show a quote within a quote. Used to show a quote in a headline.

Question 51

What’s the name of these punctuation marks: ‘ ‘ ?

Answer 51

Single quotation marks

Question 52

What’s the symbol for an elipsis?

Answer 52

… or ***

Question 53

When should an elipsis be used?

Answer 53

Used to show an omission of words (sentence continues).

Question 54

What’s the name of this punctuation mark: “… or ***”?

Answer 54

Elipses.