Grammar

Question 0

Imperatives

Answer 0

Sentences that give orders

Question 1

Declaratives

Answer 1

Statement sentences

Question 2

Exclamatories

Answer 2

Sentences that end in ‘!’

Question 3

Interrogatives

Answer 3

Questions

Question 4

Minor sentences

Answer 4

Incomplete sentences that miss out verbs/nouns

Question 5

Simple sentences

Answer 5

Single clause sentences

Question 6

Compound sentences

Answer 6

Sentences with a main and subordinate clause

Question 7

Complex sentences

Answer 7

Sentences with multiple clauses

Question 8

Active voice

Answer 8

When the subject is placed before the object

E.g the cause is placed before the effect

Question 9

Passive voice

Answer 9

The object is place before the subject

E.g when the effect is placed before the cause

Question 10

Elision

Answer 10

The omission of a vowel in word

Question 11

Ellipsis

Answer 11

When a word is omitted from a sentence

Question 12

Syntax

Answer 12

The structure of a sentence

Question 13

Contractions

Answer 13

a shortened form of a word with the omitted letters often replaced in written with an apostrophe

Question 14

Clipping

Answer 14

When the end of a word is taken off and is replaced with an apostrophe

Question 15

Interjection

Answer 15

When a word expresses emotions and can be used in grammatical isolation e.g Oh! Ugh!

Question 16

Inflectional suffix

Answer 16

A suffix that changes a words tense e.g “ED” added to “Love” to make “Loved” to change it’s tense

Question 17

Derivational suffix

Answer 17

A suffix that changes a word class e.g “ful” added to “help” to create “helpful”

Question 18

Dummy auxiliary

Answer 18

A word that has grammatical function but no lexical meaning

Question 19

Syntax

Answer 19

The order of words

Question 20

Assimilation

Answer 20

When a borrowed word’s spelling is changed to sound more English

Question 21

Antithesis

Answer 21

The direct opposite of a word