Grammar Flashcards
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence made up of one main clause
What is a clause?
A group of words made out of a subject and a verb
What is a compound sentence?
Two simple sentences that are both grammatically correct and both joined by a coordinating conjunction
What are the coordinating conjunctions ?
F - for
A - and
N - nor
B - but
O - or
Y - yet
S - so
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence made out of one main clause and a subordinate clause connected with a subordinating conjunction
(simple + subordinating conjunction + minor)
What is a subordinate clause?
A clause that can not be grammatically correct by itself (e.g when it rang)
What are the four sentence functions?
Declarative
Imperative
Exclamative
Interrogative
What is a declarative sentence?
A sentence that is a statement
What is an interrogative sentence?
A sentence that asks a question, easily identified by a question mark
What is an exclamative sentence?
A sentence that is identified by having an exclamation mark at the end of it
What is an imperative sentence?
A sentence that is a command
What is a minor sentence?
A sentence that doesn’t function as a correct sentence , typically a subordinate clause, a single phrase or word
What is a subordinating conjunction
A word or phrase that links a main clause and a subordinate clause together
What is an auxiliary verb?
A verb that assists a main verb by adding functional or grammatical meaning
For example: I DO not know
What is a preposition?
A word or group of words is used to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
(E.g That , This , On top)
What is a subject pronoun?
A personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a sentence
(E.g He , she , him)
What are the 4 sentence types?
Minor , simple , complex , compound
What is a minor sentence?
It is a non-complete sentence , it doesnt make sense by itself
What is an inflectional affix?
An affix which shows grammatical form (e.g tense or plural)
(E.g dog’s)
What is the order of the lingustic rank scale ? (smallest to largest)
Morpheme , word , phrase , clause , sentence , text
What is a bound morpheme?
A bit of a word (morpheme) that doesnt make sense on its own (e.g Ab/normal)
What is an infix?
A affix which is in the middle of a sentence ( e.g abso-blooming-lutely)
What is a verb phrase?
A phrase built around a main verb with Auxiliary verbs (e.g. I have cooked tea)
What are the two main purposes of verbs?
Dynamic verbs (doing words)
Stative verbs (statments e.g i AM)
What is a prefix?
A mopheme which comes before a word (e.g TRANS-gender)