English grammar Flashcards
nouns
objects, people,
adverbs
desribes a verb, an adjective or another adverb
(tells us: how, where, when, how much, With what frequency
pronouns
it, you, himself
prepositions
because, if, and
conjunctions
And
predicate
one thing that is actually said
object (direct)
the thing given/ sent/ bought
object
indirect
the person who gets it
complement
a part of a sentence that gives more information about a subject or object
adverbial
(usually prepositional phrases)
but also noun phrases, syntactic elements informing about time, place and manner
declarative sentence
simple statements that relay information
E.g: you swim really fast.
interrogative sentence
always asks a direct question
E.g.: can you swim?
imperative sentence
sentence used to issue a command or instruction, make a request or offer advise
E.g.: Either you swim or you sink!
exclamatory sentence
conveys a strong emotion and ends with !
E.g: what a nice swimming pool!
gender
masculine, feminine, neutral
number
singular-plural
person
1st 2nd 3rd person
voice
active-passive
tense
present-past-future
prescriptive grammar
laying down rules
- grammatical correct version
descriptive grammar
the way language is really being used
-the way native talk
