Terminology

Question 1

Are attributive adjectives pre-modifying or post-modifying?

GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

Answer 1

They are pre-modifying.

The red balloon.

The sudden noise.

Question 2

He kissed her on the cheek and she ran away

The coordinating conjunction and links two _____ statements

Answer 2

Weak

Question 3

What is a superlative adjective?

Answer 3

Superlative adjectives are usually formed by adding ‘EST.’

For example, LONG becomes LONGEST

Question 4

What is a modal auxiliary verb ?

Answer 4

They reference the main verb

I CAN play the drums
I MUST do something

Question 5

All nouns are either what?

Answer 5

Common nouns or Proper nouns

Question 6

What is a reflexive pronoun?

Answer 6

A personal pronoun with ‘self’ added to the end.

For example, MYSELF, OURSELVES, ITSELF.

Question 7

Give an example of a Primary Auxiliary verb

Answer 7

Do, have, be.

Present tense

Question 8

And, but and or are examples of what type of conjunction?

Answer 8

Co-ordinating

Question 9

What is a comparative adjective?

Answer 9

It’s when it adds an ‘ER’ inflection at the end of a word.

For example, LONG becomes LONGER

Question 10

Clauses can be made up of a subject, verb, object, _________ and adverbial

Answer 10

Complement

Question 11

What are concrete nouns?

Answer 11

Nouns that refer to the physical world such as banana, desk and car.

Question 12

Name the three primary auxiliary verbs:

Answer 12

Do, am and have.

Question 13

What is an inflection?

Answer 13

An inflection is when a word changes it’s tense by adding or changing its letters.

Question 14

What is a predicative adjective?

Answer 14

An adjective that is used on it’s own. It comes after a conjunction.

For example;

College IS bad.
My friend LOOKED good.

Question 15

Give an example of a reflective pronoun:

Answer 15

Ourselves
Itself
Yourself

Question 16

A clause has to contain at least a ____: any part of a sentence without a ____ cannot be a clause.

Answer 16

Verb

Question 17

Most common prepositions are very short words which help to express relationships, especially to do with _____, place and direction.

Answer 17

Time

Question 18

Give an example of a modal auxiliary verb

Answer 18

Will and shall.

Future tense

Question 19

Give an example of a pronoun:

Answer 19

THEY could not see a sign of HIM.

Where is IT?

Question 20

Glasgow and Wednesday are examples of what type of nouns?

Answer 20

Proper Nouns

Question 21

What is an intensifier?

Adverbs

Answer 21

It’s when an adverb is used to add meaning to an adjective.

For example: To die, would be an AWFULLY big adventure.

Question 22

What are countable nouns?

Answer 22

Nouns that refer to individual units which can be counted.

For example tree, teacher and station.

Question 23

What are adverbs?

Answer 23

Adverbs act as the ADVERBIAL element in a clause.

For example: TOMORROW we shall die.

Question 24

A preposition is a word which can be placed before a _____, noun phrase or pronoun in order to create a prepsoitional phrase.

Answer 24

Noun

Question 25

What can adverbs act as?

Give an example.

Answer 25

Conjunctions.

For example; moreover, nevertheless, meanwhile…

Question 26

What is significant about an active voice?

Answer 26

An active voice focuses on the subject which is the action being describe by the verb.

Question 27

Subordinating conjunctions are words like since, although, because, unless, whether and whereas.

They link a main ______ to one that’s less importnat to the subject of the sentence.

Answer 27

Clause

Question 28

Are Predicative adjectives pre-modifying or post-modifying?

GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

Answer 28

They are post-modifying.

The food IS brilliant.
Revision IS shit.

Question 29

There are _____ types of conjunctions

Answer 29

Two

Question 30

Robert and Bethany

The coordinating conjunction and connects the two names - neither is given more ___________

Answer 30

Importance

Question 31

Subordinating conjunctions are words like since, although, because, unless, whether and whereas.

They link a main ______ to one that’s less importnat to the subject of the sentence.

Answer 31

Subordinating

Question 32

Women, town, week and ship are all examples of what type of noun?

Answer 32

Common Noun

Question 33

___________ such as one, two and three and first, second etc are determiners.

Answer 33

Numerals

Question 34

Give an example of a possessive pronoun

Answer 34

Mine
Ours
His
Hers

Question 35

What are auxiliary verbs ?

Answer 35

They go before a main verb and give extra information to it

Question 36

What is an attributive adjective?

Answer 36

An adjective that comes before a noun in a sentence.

Question 37

What is a collective noun?

Answer 37

Concrete nouns which refer to groups such as herd, flock, team etc…

Question 38

Give an example of a personal pronoun:

Answer 38

He, she, I, them, it

Question 39

What are main verbs ?

Answer 39

They identify the action of the sentence

Question 40

Whats an intranistive verb?

Answer 40

A verb that is used without an object.

Question 41

What’s significant about a passive voice?

Answer 41

It’s less direct - it focuses on the object of a sentence rather than a subject.

(The object is placed before the subject)

Question 42

What are pronouns?

Answer 42

Pronouns are words which can be used in place of a noun or noun phrase.

Question 43

What is a personal pronoun?

Answer 43

Refers to a person to which we are discussing.

For example, I, WE, SHE, IT, THEM.

Question 44

What is a possessive pronoun?

Answer 44

Something that belongs to someone.

For example, MINE, OURS, HERS.

Question 45

A white shirt or a pink shirt

The coordinating conjunction or links two __________

Answer 45

Phrases

Question 46

Give different types of adverbials:

Answer 46

Time, place, manner, condition, duration, frequency and degree.

Question 47

Most clauses will also have a stated _______:

Jesus wept = [one clause: S+V]

Answer 47

Adverbial

Question 48

Whats significant about a tranistive verb?

Answer 48

It requires an object in a sentence.