English Exam Flashcards
When do we use a exclamation mark?
At the end of a sentence to show strong feeling
When do we use questions marks?
To show a direct question has been asked
When do we use a colon?
When you introduce a lost of things or people
Between two clauses
For quotations or speeches in play scripts
For division of time, bible references, play references
When do we use the semi colon?
Break up long sentences
Join clauses closely related
Separate list of phrases or clauses
When do we use brackets? (Synonyms)
Give extra information within a sentence
Enclose asides
Give reference information
Indicate stage directions in scripts
When do we use dashes?
As parentheses To show a sudden change of thought To lead to the unexpected To mark a incomplete or interrupted sentence To introduce or follow a list Make a after thought To separate a repetition
When do we use hyphens? (Short then a dash)
To join one or more words to make a compound word
For prefixes
To divide words at the end of a line.
Minor sentence
A minor sentence is a group of words that do not make sense on their own, it needs a simple sentence to make it complete
2 types: The phrase, The subordinate clause
Complex sentence
One simple sentence joined to one or more minor sentences
Compound complex sentence
Two or more complex sentences joined by and, but, so, however, yet or a semi colon
When do we use a new paragraph
A change of topic A change of of speaker Time has passed Change of place A change of character
What is a conjunction
A word used to bring connected clauses together
Eg and, but, however, so, therefore
What is a adjective
A word naming an attribute of a noun
Sweet, Red, Technical
What is a preposition
A word governing, usually proceeding a noun/pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause
On, after, for
What is a verb
A word used to describe a action, state, occurrence and forming the main part of a sentence
Hear, walk, become
