Grammar Flashcards
Auxiliary verbs
Used in forming tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs.
Eg: Was, am, will be, did, do, will do, had, have, will have
Modal verbs
Indicated a modality such as likelihood, ability, permission, etc
Eg: Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would
Declarative sentence
A statement
Imperative sentence
Ordering subject
Interrogative
A question
Exclamatory
Expresses sudden/ strong emotions and feelings!
Simple sentence
A sentence that expresses one complete thought
Compound sentence
A sentence that joins two thoughts into one - the middle conjunction is important in conveying the message
Conditional sentence
A sentence beginning with ‘if’, used to show a consequence
Complex sentence
A sentence made of multiple clauses to build a detailed scene
Pre-modification
The modification of a word or phrase by means of a preceding element
Post-modification
The fact of coming after the most important word in a noun group (the head) and adding information about it
Tricolon / triadic structure
A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses
Syndetic listing
Listing containing mostly conjunctions like and
Asyndetic listing
Listing containing mostly commas
