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What is a derivational function?

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It is the way that an affix helps form a new word by attaching itself to a root.

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What is a noun phrase?

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It is a group of words built around a noun.

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What is a verb phrase?

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It is a group of words built around a head (main) verb.

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What is a head word?

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It is the main noun in the phrase.

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What is a pre-modifier?

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It is a word that goes before the head noun to add detail or clarify some aspect of it.

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What is a qualifier?

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It is an additional word or phrase that adds some further detail to the noun.

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What is a post modifier?

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It is a word that comes after the head noun to add detail or clarify some aspect of it.

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What is a primary auxiliary verb?

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It is an auxiliary verb that joins with a main verb to show tense.

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What is a modal auxiliary verb?

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It is an auxiliary verb that joins with a main verb to show the degree of commitment towards an event or person that a speaker holds.

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What is a clause?

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It is a group of words centred around a verb phrase.

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What is coordinated clause?

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The joining of two main clauses in a sentence.

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What is a subordinate clause?

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The joining of two clauses that gives one clause (the main clause) more weighting than another clause (subordinate clause).

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What is an adverbial clause?

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A subordinate clause that functions as an adverbial.

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What is a noun clause?

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A subordinate clause that functions as a subject, object or complement.

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What is the active voice?

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An agent in subject position for prominence.

The verb phrase is in present or past tense.

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What is the passive voice?

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An agent omitted or placed later in the clause using a proposition phrase.

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What is an orthographic sentence?

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It is a sentence marked by a capital letter and a full stop but contains no verb.

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What is an inflectional function?

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It is the way that an affix shows a grammatical category such as a verb tense or a plural noun.

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What is an affix?

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It is the overall term for an addition to a toot to modify its meaning or create a new word.

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What is a prefix?

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A morpheme that goes before a root word to modify its meaning.

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What is a suffix?

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A morpheme that comes after a root word to modify its meaning.

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What is a root?

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It is a morpheme that can stand on its own and can usually form a word in its own right.

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What is a word class?

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It is a group of words that fulfil the same kind of role and function in speech and writing.

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What is a noun?

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It is a word that names a thing or concept.

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What is a verb?

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It is a word that shows a state of being, action or concept.

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What is an adjective?

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It is a word that modifies a noun.

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What is an adverb?

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It is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

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What is an open word class?

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It is a word class that is generally open to new words being introduced.

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What is a closed word?

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It is a word class that has only set words included and cannot add new ones.

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What is a pronoun?

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It is a word that substitutes for a noun.

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What is a determiner?

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It is a word that adds detail or clarity to a noun.

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What is preposition?

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It is a word that shows connections between other words often showing a sense of place or time.

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What is a conjunction?

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A word that connects larger structures such as phrases, clauses and sentences.