metalanguage-syntax

Question 1

compound sentence

Answer 1

a sentence that has two or more ICs eg. we went to the park but the weather was terrible

Question 2

compound-complex sentences

Answer 2

a sentence with two or more ICs and a SC eg. we spoke and they listened, although it wont make much difference

Question 3

declarative

Answer 3

a sentence type that expresses and statement EG, it might snow tonight.

Question 4

imperative sentence

Answer 4

a sentence type that expresses a directive or command. They are are second person and usually start with a verb

Question 5

interrogative sentence

Answer 5

a sentence type that expresses a question, usually a the subject and verb are inverted Eg. when are you going to Malborne?

Question 6

interrogative tag

Answer 6

incomplete clause that includes inversion added to the end of a declarative. Eg, you love English language, don’t you?

Question 7

Passive

Answer 7

a grammatical construction in which the subject of the clause is not carrying out the action of the verb but is having it done to them. inversion of the subject and object. eg, X was done BY…., perents were informed by the school

Question 8

sentence

Answer 8

a grammatical structure made up of one or more clauses Eg. the sun is shinning. We love the beach an the snow

Question 9

syntax

Answer 9

the study of the grammatical relationships between words in a sentence