Grammar And Editing

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person, place or thing

Question 2

Verb

Answer 2

Donates an action or state of being

Question 3

Participles

Answer 3

Nonfinite verb which functions as an adjective or adverb

Past-ed, present-ing or infinitive e.g. to eat

To BOLDLY go = splitting the infinitive

Question 4

Preposition

Answer 4

Relates to a position in space or time

On, under, before

Don’t finish sentences with them.

Hint- Which, that or who (can help with above)

Question 5

Adjectives

Answer 5

Describes noun

E.g. massive

Question 6

Interjection

Answer 6

Express emotion

Gasp!! Hey!! Bye!!

Question 7

Define before

Answer 7

Develop

Question 8

Old before

Answer 8

New

Question 9

Clause

Answer 9

A sentence that stands by itself. A complete thought

Question 10

Subject

Answer 10

Denotes who/what is the theme of the clause.

What is this about?

Usually the first noun in the clause

Question 11

Verb

Answer 11

Donates the action in the clause.

Most obligatory of the elements

Question 12

Object

Answer 12

Donates who or what has been impacted by the verb.

Question 13

SVO

Answer 13

Subject verb object - active voice

90% of all sentences

Question 14

OV (S)

Answer 14

Object voice (subject)

Or passive voice

Question 15

Complement

Answer 15

Not acted on by the verb.

Usually an adjective

Question 16

Adverbial

Answer 16

Typically expressing a place, time, or manner.

Or how often? Frequently
Where? Cardiff
When? July 1990

Most situational, can be move anywhere in the clause and creates flow!!

If used at the start add a coma. Twice, the …

Question 17

SVO

Or SVC

Answer 17

Simple sentence

Good to start a paragraph/section with.

Dynamic and punchy- retoric device

Question 18

Compound sentence

Answer 18

= Simple sentence + simple sentence

Where + = FANBOYS

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Question 19

Theme

Answer 19

What is this about?

Top of every paragraph.

Question 20

Rheme

Answer 20

What does the author think about the theme.

Question 21

Editing ask yourself?

Answer 21

What is the point of doing this?
What's the background?
What's the structure?
What are the key terms?
What are the limitations?

Question 22

Editing is it?

Answer 22

Short as possible?
Simple as possible?
Direct as possible?
Will the reader care?

Question 23

Semi colon can?

Answer 23

Join two independent clauses or simple sentences

Needs a close like btw sentences

Don’t over uses them

Question 24

Complex sentence

Answer 24

Uses dependent and independent clauses

Independent clauses can stand alone

Dependent come after a subordinating conjunction

E.g. if, when

Question 25

1. I D
2. D I

Which needs a comma

Answer 25

1. I D
2. D , I -needs a comma

Dependent clause , independent clause!!