Grammar

Question 1

Indefinite articles

Answer 1

‘a’ and ‘an’

Question 2

Definite articles

Answer 2

‘the’

Question 3

the infinitive

Answer 3

the most basic form of the verb
the particle ‘to’ followed by the basic verb

Question 4

copula verb

Answer 4

linking verbs eg ‘is’ in ‘Jane is hungry’

Question 5

double negatives

Answer 5

2 or more negative particles in a sentence

Question 6

genitive pronoun

Answer 6

show possession

Question 7

imperative sentence

Answer 7

instructive sentences

Question 8

Indefinite pronouns

Answer 8

pronouns that do not specify and are vague e.g ‘somebody’, ‘something’, ‘anyone’

Question 9

reflexive pronoun

Answer 9

pronouns that end in ‘self’ or ‘selves’

Question 10

minor sentence

Answer 10

an incomplete sentence

Question 11

what is a minor sentence also known as?

Answer 11

elliptical sentence

Question 12

exclamatives

Answer 12

a sentence that denotes exclamation

Question 13

declarative

Answer 13

a statement in the form of a declaration

Question 14

interrogative

Answer 14

a construction with the force of a question

Question 15

simple sentence

Answer 15

only has once clause with a single subject and predicate

Question 16

compound sentence

Answer 16

a sentence with by 2 independent clauses usually connected with a conjunction

Question 17

complex sentence

Answer 17

a sentence made up of a main clause and a subordinating clause

Question 18

mitigated imperitive

Answer 18

a syntactically disguised imperitive

Question 19

overt prestige

Answer 19

formal language

Question 20

covert prestige

Answer 20

informal language

Question 21

interrogative pronouns

Answer 21

pronouns that form questions e’g what, how, when, where

Question 22

demonstratives

Answer 22

words like ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘those’

Question 23

antecedent noun

Answer 23

the noun the pronoun refers to

Question 24

parentheticals

Answer 24

verb phrases like ‘i think’, ‘i know’, ‘i guess’

Question 25

what do parentheticals do?

Answer 25

adjust the strength of a sentence

Question 26

what is syntactic parallelism

Answer 26

a type of repetition where multiple words are repeated in successive sentences or clauses e.g we want to win. we want to succeed, we want to achieve

Question 27

second person address

Answer 27

the pronouns ‘your’, ‘you’, ‘yourself’
creates direct address

Question 28

first person plural pronoun

Answer 28

‘we’ ‘ours’ ‘us’
adds to inclusive language

Question 29

inclusive language

Answer 29

language that involves the audience
e.g ‘all of us….’

Question 30

abstract nouns

Answer 30

nouns which we can’t identity with our senses
they often add emotive content in persuasive texts
e.g loyalty, freedom, justice
often ‘has’ comes before

Question 31

absolute adjectives

Answer 31

the most basic form of an adjective
e.g fit, clever, beautiful

Question 32

comparative adjectives

Answer 32

used to compare differences between two objects they modify
e.g ‘fitter’ ‘cleverer’ ‘more beautiful’

Question 33

superlative adjectives

Answer 33

used to describe an object that is the upper or lower limit
e.g ‘fittest’ ‘cleverest’ ‘most beautiful’ ‘worst’

Question 34

modal verbs

Answer 34

verbs which assist the main verb of a sentence

Question 35

conjugation

Answer 35

how we form verbs

Question 36

primary auxiliary verbs

Answer 36

be, do, have

Question 37

be conjugations

Answer 37

be, am, is, was, were, been, being

Question 38

do conjugations

Answer 38

do, does, did

Question 39

have conjugations

Answer 39

have, has, had, having

Question 40

what are be, do and have conjugations

Answer 40

primary auxiliary verbs

Question 41

dynamic auxiliary verbs

Answer 41

concerning the different degrees of ability or tendency
e.g i could swim when i was five
it can rain a lot

Question 42

deontic auxiliary verbs

Answer 42

concerning different degrees of obligation and permission
e.g you must not do that
you can leave now

Question 43

epistemic auxiliary verbs

Answer 43

the different levels of probability/possibility
e.g it may snow today
he must be about to drive

Question 44

boulomaic auxiliary verbs

Answer 44

the different degrees of volition (free will), desire and wish
e.g she would rather stay at home
he will not accept the truth

Question 45

polysyndeton

Answer 45

listing with lots of conjunctions

Question 46

asyndeton/ asyndetic listing

Answer 46

listing without conjunctions

Question 47

compound noun

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a noun made of two or more existing words
e.g playgroup scrapyard

Question 48

affixation

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using prefixes and suffixes to formulate words
e.g happiness un is a prefix ness is the suffix

Question 49

wh-imperatives

Answer 49

imperatives masked as interrogatives to soften the force of them

Question 50

empty adjectives

Answer 50

adjectives that express feelings e.g pretty, amazing

Question 51

hypercorrect grammar

Answer 51

using standard english

Question 52

directives

Answer 52

sentences that take on an imperative tone thus all imperatives are directives, sometimes declaratives and interrogatives act as them too
e.g why dont u close the door?
the door should be closed

Question 53

negative interrogatives

Answer 53

often provide implicatures to suggest what should do/know
e.g ‘should you not check first?’