Grammer Flashcards
What is a Declarative
A statement used to convey information
What is a imperative
A command, used to give orders
What is an interrogative
A question, used to retrieve information
What is an Exclamatory
An exclamation, used to express emotion
What is a Subject
Something that is being or doing something
What is a Main clause
set of words that make sense on its own as a sentence
What is a subordinate clause ?
Set of words that add additional info and doesn’t make sense on its own
Relative clause
Set of words that add additional info about the noun but cant stand alone
Noun clause
Set of words that behave like a noun in a sentence but cant stand alone
Adverbial clause
Set of words that behave like an adverb in a sentence but cant stand on its own
Modal Auxiliaries
Can ,could ,will, would, shall, should, may, might, must
Epistemic modality
Used to express certainty/uncertainty or opinion/possibility
Deontic modality
Expresses command and permission e.g. ‘you may leave’