SYNTAX BASICS AND PRINCIPLES

Question 1

Comes from the Greek word
“syntaxis “which means “putting
together” and “sequencing”.

Answer 1

Syntax

Question 2

include the eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, conjunction, and interjection.

Answer 2

SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES

Question 3

Specific names of concrete nouns
are labeled as proper nouns. The
rest are common nouns,

Answer 3

NOUNS

Question 4

specific names of concrete nouns john, paris, coca-cola

Answer 4

Proper nouns

Question 5

general names of concrete nouns

Answer 5

Common nouns

Question 6

can be counted

Answer 6

count nouns

Question 7

cannot be counted individually

Answer 7

Non count noun

Question 8

formed by combining two of more words

Answer 8

Compound noun

Question 9

Noun substitutes; they are often
used in a sentence to avoid
mentioning the same noun
repeatedly.

Answer 9

PRONOUNS

Question 10

Pronouns

Answer 10

Noun Substitutes

Question 11

Noun or pronoun as a subject

Answer 11

Nominative case

Question 12

Noun or pronouns as Objects

Answer 12

Objective case

Question 13

Showing ownership

Answer 13

Possessive case

Question 14

Words that denote activities,
whether action words or words
of being

Answer 14

VERBS

Question 15

action or state

Answer 15

main verb

Question 16

state of being

Answer 16

Be verbs

Question 17

action of emphasis

Answer 17

Do verbs

Question 18

possession or perfect tense

Answer 18

Have verbs

Question 19

express possibility, ability or permission

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Modals

Question 20

used in continues or perfect forms

Answer 20

Participial Verbs

Question 21

Modifiers of nouns or
pronouns. Either directly
precede the nouns or
complement the nouns or
pronouns

Answer 21

ADJECTIVES

Question 22

a word that
modifies an
adjective, a verb or
another adverb

Answer 22

ADVERBS

Question 23

a syntactic category that
states the location.

Answer 23

PREPOSITION

Question 24

connectors that link the
words, phrases, or clauses.
These may be coordinating,
subordinating and
correlating.

Answer 24

CONJUNCTIONS

Question 25

words or phrases
that express
feelings, reactions,
exclamations and
greetings

Answer 25

INTERJECTION

Question 26

words that precede a
noun or noun modifier.
(the, a, an)

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ARTICLES