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Question 1

What are the coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 1

FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Question 2

What is the past perfect form?

Answer 2

Had + verb / Had been / Has been

Question 3

What is an expanded noun phrase?

Answer 3

Gives more information about the noun, before or after. No verb. E.g., ‘the black dog on the bed’

Question 4

What is a hyphen used for?

Answer 4

To join compound words or a prefix. E.g., co-ordinate, bad-tempered

Question 5

What are modal verbs used for?

Answer 5

To express certainty or possibility. E.g., can, should, will, could, shall, would, might, ought

Question 6

What is a fronted adverbial?

Answer 6

Words/phrases at the beginning of a sentence to describe the action. Requires a comma.

Question 7

What does a relative clause need?

Answer 7

A relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, which, where, when, that) and fits in the sentence.

Question 8

What is a noun?

Answer 8

A word identifying people, places, or things. Often preceded by ‘the’ or ‘a’.

Question 9

What is a dash used for?

Answer 9

To add extra information in parenthesis – like this.

Question 10

How to identify present tense?

Answer 10

Verb + ed (usually). Exceptions: ran, caught, thought, said. Use ‘yesterday’ to check.

Question 11

Name five subordinating conjunctions.

Answer 11

While, Although, Despite, Until, Because, When, After, If, As

Question 12

What is a verb?

Answer 12

A word describing an action, state or time. E.g., has, have, had, was, were, am, is, be, are, been

Question 13

How to check whether to use ‘I’ or ‘me’?

Answer 13

Remove the other person and test the sentence with I or me.

Question 14

What is the subjunctive form?

Answer 14

Uses ‘were’ and the infinitive verb (e.g., request, demand) without a suffix.

Question 15

What is a subordinate clause?

Answer 15

Doesn’t make sense on its own and includes a subordinating conjunction.

Question 16

What is a main clause?

Answer 16

Makes sense on its own.

Question 17

How to identify future tense?

Answer 17

Use ‘will’. Test with ‘tomorrow’ in the sentence.

Question 18

What are brackets used for?

Answer 18

To add extra information (parenthesis). Removing it still leaves a complete sentence.

Question 19

What is a statement?

Answer 19

A sentence that states something. Ends with a full stop.

Question 20

What is a command?

Answer 20

An instruction or order given as a sentence.

Question 21

Present Progressive

Answer 21

Is or are + verb + ING

Question 22

Preposition

Answer 22

Tells you the relationship between the noun and the pronoun and other words in the sentence. Example: over, under, in, on, with, below, after, to, from, until

Question 23

Active

Answer 23

The subject is doing the verb. Subject – Verb – Objects (S V O)

Question 24

Determiner

Answer 24

A determiner comes before the noun or noun phrase. Examples: The, this, those, these, that, which, a, an, his, her, whose, our, their, my, your + numbers

Question 25

Apostrophe

Answer 25

Used for contraction (omission) or possession. E.g., Shall not – shan’t; She would – she’d; The boy’s football – one boy; The boys’ football – more than one boy

Question 26

Past Progressive

Answer 26

Was or were + verb + ING

Question 27

Past Tense

Answer 27

Use 'is' or 'are' + verb + s. Tip: Put ‘Today’ into the sentence to check.

Question 28

Noun Phrase

Answer 28

A noun phrase doesn’t contain a verb and doesn’t have a capital letter or full stop.

Question 29

Passive

Answer 29

The subject appears after the verb. Object – verb – subject. Tip: Look for ‘by’ or check if you can add ‘by zombies’ at the end and it makes sense.

Question 30

Commands

Answer 30

Commands have an imperative verb and end with a full stop. There can be words in front of the verb but no subject. E.g., 'After tea, clear up.'

Question 31

Present Perfect

Answer 31

Have + verb. Example: have been