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Explain an active voice?

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an active verb has a usual pattern of Subject, verb, and Object.

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What is an adverbial ?

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Word or phrase that is used to modify a verb or clause

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What is an antonym?

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2 words are antonyms if their meanings are opposite.

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Give an example of a antonym

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hot - cold

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What is an article?

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the articles the (definite) and a or an (indefinite) are the most common types of determiners.
Words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.

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What is an auxiliary verb?

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they are: be, have, do, and the modal verbs. Used to make questions and negative statements, in the progressive + passive, in the perfect.

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Gives examples of auxiliary verbs

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To be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be
To have: has, have, had, having, will have
To do: does, do, did, will do

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What is a clause?

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Special type of phrase whose head is a verb

Can be subordinate or main.

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What is a cohesion?

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a text has one if it is clear how the meaning of its parts fit together. Cohesive devices can help with this.

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What is a cohesive device?

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Words used to show how the different parts of a text fit together

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Give an example of a cohesive device?

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Moreover, For example, In conclusion, However

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What is a complement?

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when a verbs subject adds more information about the subject and its object component does the same for its object

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What is a compound?

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contains at least two root words in its morphology

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Give an example of a compound

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whiteboard, superman, bookshop, daydream, outgrown

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What is a co-ordinate or co-ordination?

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Words or phrases are co-ordinated if they are linked as an equal pair by a co-ordinating conjunction.

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What is an etymology?

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a word’s history: it’s origin in earlier forms of English or other languages, and how its form and meaning have changed

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What is a finite verb?

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A verb in a sentence which is typically a past or present verb.
They cannot be participles or infinitives, cannot stand on their own: they are linked to another verb in the sentence.

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What is fronting, fronted?

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A word or phrase that normally comes after the verb may be moved before a verb.
They are followed by a comma

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What is a homonym?

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Two words that look the exact same when written, and sound the same when pronounced.

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Give an example of a homonym

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Book -> to make a reservation or something we read
Bark -> on trees or the noise a dog makes
Bat -> hit a ball with + an animal

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What is a homophone?

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2 different words that sound exactly the same when pronounced

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Give an example of a homophone

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tail + tale, flew + flu, eye + I, Ad + add, mail + male, plain + plane.

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What is an infinitive?

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basic form, of a verb, used as the head word in a dictionary. They are used:
- after to - after modal verbs

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What is an inflection?

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when we add -ed or change a word, die-> dice, this change of morphology produces an inflection of the basic word which has special grammar. In addition, adding -er to some words, produces a totally different word.

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Give an example of an inflection
mouse -> mice, walk -> walker, finish -> finished, dog -> dogs
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What is an intransitive verb?
one that does not need an object in a sentence to complete its meaning
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What is a modal verb?
used to change the meaning of other verbs. They can express meanings such as certainty, ability, or obligation.
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Give examples of modal verbs
The main ones are will, would, can, could, may, shall, should, must, and ought.
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What is a modify, modifier?
One word or phrase modifies another by making its meaning more specific. Because the 2 words make a phrase, the 'modifier' is normally close to the modified word.
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Give an example of a modifier
vegetarian burger (vegetarian is the modifier), female CEO (female is the modifier)
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What is a morphology?
a words internal make-up in terms of root words and suffixes or prefixes, as well as other changes. A word with 2+ root words is a compound.
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What is an object?
a noun, pronoun or noun phrase that comes straight after the verb, and shows that the verb is acting upon. Can be turned into the subject of a passive verb and cannot be adjectives.
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What is a participle?
verbs in English have two participles, called 'present participle' and 'past participle'.
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How do participles confuse learners?
They don't necessarily have anything to do with the past and present They are used as perfects and passives
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What is a passive =?
Recognisable from: - the past participle form - the normal object turned into the subject - the normal subject turned into an optional preposition phrase with by as its head - contrast to active verb
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What is a prefix?
added at the beginning of a word in order to turn it into another word. Contrast suffix.
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What is a progressive?
this form of a verb generally describes events in progress. It is formed by combining the verb's present participle with a form of a verb. Also be combined with the perfect.
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What is the relative clause?
special type of subordinate clause that modifies a noun. It often does this by using a relative pronoun such as who or that to refer back to that noun, through the relative pronoun that is often omitted. May be attached to a clause.
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What is schwa?
Name of a vowel sound that is found only in unstressed positions in English. Most common vowel sound in English.
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What is a subject?
Normally the noun, noun phrase or pronoun that names the 'do-er' or 'be-er' The position: - just before the verb in a statement - just after the auxiliary verb, in a question
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What is a subjunctive?
the inflections of a verb include a large range of special forms which are used typically in subordinate clauses
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What is a subordinate or subordination?
tells us more about the meaning of the word it is subordinate to. Subordination can be thought of as an unequal relationship between a subordinate word and a main word.
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What is the subordinate clause?
A clause which is subordinate to some other part of the same sentence
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What is a suffix?
'ending' put onto a word to turn it into another word. | Cannot stand alone as a word.
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What is a synonym?
2 words that have the same or similar meanings
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Give an example of a synonym
angry -> furious, irate, livid | difficult -> tough, hard, challenging, problematic
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What is a transitive verb?
takes at least one object in a sentence to complete its meaning
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What is an adverb?
modify a verb, adjective or a clause. Describes a manner of time.
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Give examples of an adverb
``` yesterday sometimes quietly loudly soon ```
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What is a noun?
'naming words' because they name people, places, and 'things' Used after determiners
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Give examples of a noun
common, non-countable nouns: money, chocolates, imagination. common, countable nouns: London, Wednesday, Elizabeth School
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What is a determiner?
specifies a noun as known or unknown, and it goes before an modifiers
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Give examples of a determiner
demonstratives e.g. this, those articles e.g. the, a, or an possessives e.g. my, your quantifiers e.g. some, every
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What is an adjective?
'describing word' as they pick out single characteristics. used: -before a noun - after a verb
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Give an example of an adjective
big, beautiful, lazy, last, helpless
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What is a conjunction?
links 2 words or phrases together. - co-ordinating -> links 2 words or phrases as an equal pair - subordinating -> introduces a subordinate clause
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Give an example of a conjunction
when, and, but, because
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What is a preposition?
Links a following noun, pronoun or noun phrase to some other word in the sentence. Describe locations, directions and relations of time
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Give examples of prepositions
since, during, from, until, beneath
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What is a pronoun?
more grammatically specialised than a noun. | Harder to modify
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Give examples of pronouns
your, he, yours, his, theirs, mean, she, I , him, we her, you
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What is a verb?
'doing word' as many describe an action that is being carried out. Name states or feelings too used: - have a tense, either present or past
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Give examples of verbs
lives, wrote, suggest, solve, likes, wake, walking, think, knew, tell
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What are co-ordinating conjunctions?
Joining words that link together parts of a sentence. | They can be used to join together 2 clauses in a sentence. However, the clauses must make sense on their own.
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Give examples of co-ordinating conjunctions
'and', 'but' and 'or'

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