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Important English Language Terms Flashcards

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5 types of sentences

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fragment , simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

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FSCCC

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Fragment
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-complex
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Fragment sentence

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a sentence with no clause

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Simple sentence

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a sentence with a subject and a verb, containing only one independent clause

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Compound sentences

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a sentence with two or more independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction or comma/ semi-colon

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Complex sentences

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a sentence containing at least one inderpendent clause and at ;east one dependent clause

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Define sentence

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a set of words that is complete in itself. containing a subject, a predicate, a main clause and subordinate clauses

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Define phrase

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a collection of words that relate to each other. they cannot exist as a complete sentences as they lack a subject. it adds description, information or detail. it can either have a subject or a verb

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Types of phrases

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Noun, Verbs, prepositional, adjective, adverb

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Pronoun

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takes the place of a noun. he, she, it, I

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Types of pronouns

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personal, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite

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Declarative sentences

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provides information, an observation or a statement

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Define auxiliary

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supports the verb

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Types of Auxiliaries

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primary: be, have, do
Modal: can, could, should, shall, will, would

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Dependant clause

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not a complete sentence. it must be attached to an independent clause to be complete

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Independent clause

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can stand on its own as a sentence. it contains a subject and a verb and is a complete idea

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Prepositional phrase

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A phrase that begins with a preposition. answers one of many questions: Where? When? In what way?

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Elision

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omission of a sound. ‘cos-Because

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Assimilation

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where sounds become the neighbouring sounds. Sandwich-sanwich

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Lexemes

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A word which has a meaning for a specific group . Aussie lexeme- servo

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Neologisms

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a newly formed word. Chillax

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Blending

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The act of composing a new word out of other words.

Guesstimate

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Acronym

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pronounceable word formed by using the first letter of other words. SCUBA- self contained underwater breathing apparatus

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Abbreviation/ Initialism

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when a string of words is shortened by pronouncing the first letter. R.S.P.C.A

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Shortening

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the act of dropping off one or more syllables.

Telephone - Phone

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Compounding

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Combining two or more free morphemes to create a new one. Lunch + Box = Lunchbox

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Commonisation

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The process where proper nouns become common nouns. Esky

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Conversion

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The act of changing a word into a different word class without affixation. Google (noun)- Just Google it (verb)

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Borrowing

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Act of using words from other languages. Shampoo (India)

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Lexical variation

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Using different words for the same thing. grandma- nonna

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Diminutives

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Creating shorter versions of a word.

Jess- Jessica

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Insertion

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The addition of sounds to words. Hampster- Hamster

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Vowel reduction

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Reducing the vowel sound within a word

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Morphology and Lexicology

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Study of the structure or form of words

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Word classes

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Nouns, verbs, auxiliary verbs, modal verbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, determiners and interjections

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Function words

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words that exist to explain or create a grammatical relationship. This, That, The, An and A

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Context words

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words that have meaning. Table, School, Child

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Affixation

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Suffixes, Prefixes and infixes

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Suffix

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Attaching a part of a word to the end to change the meaning

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Prefixes

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Attaching a part of a word to the start to change the meaning

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Infixes

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Attaching a part of a word to the middle to change the meaning

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Inflection

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A process of word formation, in which a word is modified to express different grammatical categories such as tense, gender, number, mood etc

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Derivation

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Formation of NEW WORDS by adding affixes

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Root morphemes

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also known as a base morpheme. Is a morpheme that gives the word it’s main meaning. Speak in Unspeakable

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Bound morphemes

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is a morpheme that on its own has no meaning. Plays- S has no meaning when standing alone

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Free morphemes

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A morpheme that can stand on it’s own. Heartbreak- Heart and Break

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Contraction

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A word or phrase which has been shortened by dropping one or more letters replacing them with an apostrophe

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Collocation

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Words that often go together.

Light sleeper / Heavy Rain

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Archaism

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When words or Phrases become obsolete or are never used. Can apply to meaning. Gay, Thee and thow

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Syntax

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the study of how words are combined into sentences

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Semantics

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the study of meaning in language

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Discourse

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the study of how written and spoken texts are organised

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