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Question 1

Types of verbs ?

Answer 1

1. Intransitive
2. Transitive
3. Linking
4. Passive

Question 2

What is intransitive verb?

Answer 2

doesn’t require a direct object to indicate the person or thing acted upon.

Ex. verb “yawn” is intransitive because it’s not possible to “yawn” something.

Question 3

What is transitive verb?

Answer 3

must take a direct object.

Ex. Paul is leaving.

Question 4

what are linking verbs?

Answer 4

verbs that can connect ideas to one another.

Ex. “It is sunny out”

Question 5

what are passive verbs?

Answer 5

The subject is being acted upon.

Ex. Computers are shipped to many foreign countries

Question 6

What are the Verb tenses?

Answer 6

1. Past
2. Present
3. Future.

Question 7

What is past verb tense?

Answer 7

function is to place an action or situation in the past.

Ex. went and washed.

Question 8

What are present tense ?

Answer 8

indicates an action that is currently taking place when you speak or write, or an action that occurs regularly.

Ex. She enjoys playing the piano.

Question 9

What are future tense?

Answer 9

marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future.

Ex. I will learn a new language.

Question 10

4 theories of language development?

Answer 10

1. Lingistics learning
2. Behavoririst
3. Cognitive learning
4. Interactionist

Question 11

What is linguistics language development ?

Answer 11

the stage of language development signaled by the emergence of words and symbolic communication.

Ex.

Question 12

What is denotation?

Answer 12

plain and direct meaning—its explicit meaning.

Ex. aroma is basically “smell”:

Question 13

What is connotation?

Answer 13

what the word implies

Ex. “a pleasant and pervasive smell.”

Question 14

What are the three moods of English?

Answer 14

1. Indicative
2. Imperative
3. Subjunctive

Question 15

What is indicative?

Answer 15

Most common

used to communicate a fact, opinion or statement.

Ex. Dolphins ARE great swimmer.

Question 16

What are subjunctive?

Answer 16

it doesn’t describe any particular tense like the past or the present.

Ex. changing the word ‘was’ to ‘were’

Question 17

What are imperative ?

Answer 17

that tells us to do something

Ex. ADD the flour to the bowl.

Question 18

What is direct object?

Answer 18

receives the action of a verb

Question 19

What is indirect object?

Answer 19

receives the action of the direct object, answering the questions.

Question 20

What are coumpound verbs?

Answer 20

composed of more than one word, or two or more verbs that share a single subject.

Ex. to be

Question 21

What are the 4 types of sentences?

Answer 21

1. Declaritive
2. Exclamorty
3. Imperative
4. Interrogatory

Question 22

What is declaritive sentence?

Answer 22

used to communicate a fact, an opinion, an observation, or an explanation.

Ex. Bears don’t eat when they hibernate.

Question 23

What is Interrogative sentences?

Answer 23

These sentences request more information in the form of answers, usually to confirm something or fill in missing information.

Ex. What is your next class?

Question 24

What are Imperative sentences

Answer 24

are commands, instructions, or advice you give to others to tell them what to do.

Ex. Don’t hang up!

Question 25

What are Exclamatory sentences

Answer 25

like declarative sentences, except with more emotion or urgency.

Ex. Yikes! That’s a giant spider!

Question 26

What is Parelelism?

Answer 26

which similar or repeated words, phrases, clauses, or sentence structure appear.

Ex. Easy come, easy go