BASIC GRAMMAR TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
Modern English (Induction)
WHAT is ‘accidence’?
How words vary depending on their grammatical function, also known as inflection
WHAT is this grammatical process called?
Bone -> Bones
Write -> Wrote
Bite -> Bitten
Accidence, or inflection.
WHAT is ‘syntax’?
How words are put together in a sentence.
HOW is the adjective applied in this sentence?
The fluffy cat.
Attributively (premodification)
HOW is the adjective applied in this sentence?
The cat is fluffy.
Predicatively (postmodification)
WHAT is the role of an adverb?
It qualifies adjectives, verbs, other adverbs or sentences as a whole
WHAT type of verb is this?
Run
Main verb
WHAT is an auxiliary verb?
A verb that only occurs in support of a main verb
WHAT is the purpose of an auxiliary verb?
- To form questions
- To form negative statements
- To express tense, mood, voice and aspect.
WHAT are some words that can act as both main and auxiliary verbs?
Do, have and be
e.g. I did some work -> Idid try some of the work
WHICH tenses are marked by inflection?
Past and present
(e.g. I ran, I run)
WHAT is the word for a tense formed through the use of auxiliary verbs?
The tense is formed periphrastically
WHAT are some periphrastically formed tenses?
(tenses formed using auxiliary verbs)
- Perfect (you have wasted)
- Pluperfect (it had been wasted)
- Future (you will waste)
WHAT is the subjunctive verb mood used for?
Wishes, demands, hypotheticals and the unreal
WHAT type of verb mood is this?
He wrote down his favourite tenses.
Indicative
