english language

Question 1

concrete nouns

Answer 1

things that can be proven to exist through the five senses

Question 2

compound nouns

Answer 2

passer-bay, haircut

Question 3

gerunds

Answer 3

noun made from a verb ending in ‘ing’

eg.) the crying of the baby

Question 4

noun phrase

Answer 4

phrases that functions like a noun in a sentence

eg.) The big old tree

Question 5

personal pronouns

Answer 5

I, you, he, she, we

Question 6

possessive pronouns

Answer 6

my, his, hers, ours

Question 7

reflexive pronouns

Answer 7

myself, himself, itself, yourself

Question 8

relative pronouns

Answer 8

The man “who is wearing the blue jacket” …

- relate clauses to the main clause in a sentence

Question 9

interrogative pronouns

Answer 9

who, what, which, when

Question 10

negative pronoun

Answer 10

none, nothing

Question 11

proper adjective

Answer 11

South African

American

Question 12

adjectival phrases

Answer 12

in the gumboots

on the ground

Question 13

finite verbs

Answer 13

verbs that indicate the past, present or future tense

laughed, laugh, laughs

Question 14

infinitive

Answer 14

to eat
to like
to drink

Question 15

past participle

Answer 15

actions that are finished

had / has laughed

Question 16

present participle

Answer 16

actions that are ongoing

is / will be laughing

Question 17

auxiliary verbs

Answer 17

will, have been, are, is

Question 18

transitive verbs

Answer 18

transfers an action onto an object

Question 19

intransitive verbs

Answer 19

do not transfer an action onto an object

Question 20

coordinating conjunctions

Answer 20

link things of equal significance

eg.) and, or, nor, but

Question 21

subordinating conjunctions

Answer 21

link a main clause or idea to a less important point

Question 22

indirect object

Answer 22

She kicked ‘him’ the ball.

Question 23

phrase

Answer 23

a group of words without a finite verb
“The popular restaurant”
“at the bus stop.”

Question 24

clause

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

complex sentences

Answer 25

one clause, one or more subordinate clauses (joined by who, which, whose)

Question 26

compound sentences

Answer 26

two clauses of equal importance

Question 27

compound-complex sentences

Answer 27

has two main clauses and one or more subordinating clauses

Question 28

homonyms

Answer 28

words that sound the same and are spelt the same but have different meanings

Question 29

homophones

Answer 29

words that sound the same but are spelt and mean different things/ly

Question 30

comma splice error

Answer 30

using a comma to join sentences

eg.) I walked after her, I started running.

Question 31

split infinitive

Answer 31

to completely fail

to greedily eat

Question 32

malapropism

Answer 32

the use of the wrong word, sometimes for humour purposes