Grammar - Syntax

Question 1

Noun Phrase

Answer 1

A group of words, usually a noun in addition to a modifier (such as an adjective, adverb, or article) that functions just as a noun would.

Question 2

Verb Phrase

Answer 2

Consists of a verb, or of a main verb following a modal or one or more auxiliaries.

Question 2

Adjective Phrase

Answer 2

A phrase that’s headed by an adjective and provides context, clarity, or details that support that adjective.

Question 2

Adverb Phrase

Answer 2

A group of words that acts as an adverb to modify the main clause of a sentence.

Question 3

Prepositional Phrase

Answer 3

A group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object.

Question 3

Subject

Functions Within The Clause

Answer 3

The person or thing (a noun or pronoun) that does the ‘action’.

Question 3

Object

Functions Within The Clause

Answer 3

The thing/person that the action is done to.

Question 4

Predicate

Functions Within The Clause

Answer 4

Describes the action but not the subject.

Question 5

Complemement

Functions Within The Clause

Answer 5

Describes the subject and often follows a linking verb.

Question 6

Adverbial

Functions Within The Clause

Answer 6

Modifies a verb, adjective, adverb, or a whole clause.

Question 6

Coordination

Clauses

Answer 6

A method of combining independent clauses by using sentence connectors.

Question 7

Subordination

Clauses

Answer 7

Uses conjunctions to connect one dependent clause to an independent clause, creating a complex sentence.

Question 8

Fragment

Sentences

Answer 8

A sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb.

Question 9

Simple

Sentences

Answer 9

A sentence that is made up of just one independent clause.

Question 10

Compound

Sentences

Answer 10

A sentence that connects two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction.

Question 11

Complex

Sentences

Answer 11

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Question 12

Compound-Complex

Sentences

Answer 12

A sentence containing one or more dependent clauses and two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon.

Question 13

Declarative

Sentence Types

Answer 13

A sentence that makes a statement.

Question 14

Imperative

Sentence Types

Answer 14

A sentence that expresses a direct command, request, invitation, warning, or instruction.

Question 15

Interrogative

Sentence Types

Answer 15

A sentence that asks a question, typically to request information.

Question 16

Exclamative

Sentence Types

Answer 16

A statement that expresses strong emotion.

Question 17

SVO

Word Order

Answer 17

A sentence structure where the subject comes first, verb second, and the object third.

Question 18

Modifiers in a Noun

Answer 18

A noun used attributively to modify or qualify another noun, gives specific details about the first noun.

Question 19

Adverbials

Answer 19

A word or group of words that modifies a verb, an adjective, and adverb, or a whole clause.

Question 20

Active Voice

Answer 20

A grammatical voice in which a subject performs the action described by its verb.

Question 21

Passive Voice

Answer 21

When the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb.

Question 22

Agentless Passives

Answer 22

A passive construction that does not include the agent by-phrase.

Question 23

Antithesis

Syntactical Patterning

Answer 23

A type of parallelism where the contrasted element is opposite to the other element.

Question 24

Listing

Syntactical Patterning

Answer 24

A list of items that are separated by commas, semi-colons or bullet points.

Question 25

Parallelism

Syntactical Patterning

Answer 25

A parallel construction in which similar or repeated words, phrases, clauses, or sentence structure appear.