Grammar terminology

Question 1

main clause

Answer 1

complete sentence

must contain a verb

Question 2

co-ordinate clause

Answer 2

a main clause in a compound/compound-complex sentence

Question 3

stranded clause

Answer 3

a co-ordinate clause on its own without another main clause to accompany it

Question 4

subordinate clause

Answer 4

doesn’t make sense on its own, needs a main clause to form complete sentence

Question 5

concessive subordinate

Answer 5

these concede something

eg. Although I don’t agree with her, I respect her opinion

Question 6

conditional subordinate

Answer 6

these provide a condition

Question 7

subordinate clause of reason

Answer 7

provide a reason

Question 8

temporal subordinate

Answer 8

relate to time

Question 9

relative subordinate

Answer 9

add additional information & start with a relative pronoun

eg. who, when

Question 10

to-infinive clauses

Answer 10

begin with ‘to’

Question 11

foregrounded clause

Answer 11

a subordinate clause that starts a sentence

Question 12

embedded clause

Answer 12

subordinate clause in the middle of the sentence

Question 13

simple sentence

Answer 13

single clause & must contain a verb

Question 14

compound sentence

Answer 14

links two or more clauses using a conjunction ‘and’ or ‘but’

Question 15

complex sentence

Answer 15

two/more clauses, one is subordinate, which are connected via ‘by’/’because’/’when’/’while’/’although’

Question 16

compound-complex sentence

Answer 16

at least one subordinate & a number of co-ordinate clauses

Question 17

minor sentence

Answer 17

phrase/subordinate used as a complete sentence

Question 18

declarative sentence

Answer 18

statement that gives information

Question 19

interrogative

Answer 19

a question

Question 20

imperative

Answer 20

a demand

Question 21

tag question

Answer 21

declarative/imperative with a clause to form a question

Question 22

exclamatory

Answer 22

contains exclamation mark

Question 23

left branching sentences

Answer 23

lengthy information before the subjects of sentence

Question 24

periodic sentence

Answer 24

complex sentence where it starts with subordinate & main clause is saved until end

Question 25

triad

Answer 25

pattern of 3

Question 26

syntactic parallelism

Answer 26

sentence structure is repeated

Question 27

active voice

Answer 27

subject come first, is the do-er of the action

Question 28

passive voice

Answer 28

subject is done to or removed

Question 29

syndetic listing

Answer 29

items connected by connectives

Question 30

asyndetic listing

Answer 30

items connected by punctuation

Question 31

parenthesis

Answer 31

asides in brackets or hyphens