Grammar- sentences Flashcards
(21 cards)
Main
Complete sentence contains a verb
Co ordinate
Main clause in a compound complex sentence
Stranded co ordinate clause
Co ordinate clad on its own in a sentence without a main clause
Subordinate clause
Doesn’t make sense on its own
Contains verb
Concessive subordinate clause
Concede something
Conditional subordinate clause
Provides a condition
Subordinate clause of reason
Provides a reason
Temporal subordinate clause
Relate to time
Relative subordinate clause
Relative pronouns
“ who…” “ which” “ whose”
To Infinite clause
Begins with “to”
Foregrounded clause
Start the sentence
Embedded clause
Middle of sentence
Left branching
Lengthy info before subject
Periodic sentence
Long complex sentence then subject ( shorter than left branching)
Triad
Pattern of 3 words
Syntactic parallelism
Repeated sentence structure
Active voice
Subject first then dooer
Passive voice
Subject last gets done to
Syndetic listing
List with connectives
Asyndetic listing
List with commas
Parenthesis
Brackets or hyphens