english language Flashcards
concrete nouns
things that can be proven to exist through the five senses
compound nouns
passer-bay, haircut
gerunds
noun made from a verb ending in ‘ing’
eg.) the crying of the baby
noun phrase
phrases that functions like a noun in a sentence
eg.) The big old tree
personal pronouns
I, you, he, she, we
possessive pronouns
my, his, hers, ours
reflexive pronouns
myself, himself, itself, yourself
relative pronouns
The man “who is wearing the blue jacket” …
- relate clauses to the main clause in a sentence
interrogative pronouns
who, what, which, when
negative pronoun
none, nothing
proper adjective
South African
American
adjectival phrases
in the gumboots
on the ground
finite verbs
verbs that indicate the past, present or future tense
laughed, laugh, laughs
infinitive
to eat
to like
to drink
past participle
actions that are finished
had / has laughed
present participle
actions that are ongoing
is / will be laughing
auxiliary verbs
will, have been, are, is
transitive verbs
transfers an action onto an object
intransitive verbs
do not transfer an action onto an object
coordinating conjunctions
link things of equal significance
eg.) and, or, nor, but
subordinating conjunctions
link a main clause or idea to a less important point
indirect object
She kicked ‘him’ the ball.
phrase
a group of words without a finite verb
“The popular restaurant”
“at the bus stop.”
clause
a group of words that contains a subject, finite verb, ie anything to complete the unit of the sentence
eg.) “The boy crawled under the table” to get the dog.
complex sentences
one clause, one or more subordinate clauses (joined by who, which, whose)
compound sentences
two clauses of equal importance
compound-complex sentences
has two main clauses and one or more subordinating clauses
homonyms
words that sound the same and are spelt the same but have different meanings
homophones
words that sound the same but are spelt and mean different things/ly
comma splice error
using a comma to join sentences
eg.) I walked after her, I started running.
split infinitive
to completely fail
to greedily eat
malapropism
the use of the wrong word, sometimes for humour purposes
