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Grammar
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- 1What are the concepts included on the modal spectrum?Formal - Informal
Planned - Spontaneous
Permanent - Ephemeral
Transactional - Interactional
Distant - Personal
Asynchronous - Synchronous - 2What is a simple sentencefollows the SVO (subject verb object) order. only 1 verb group
- 3What is a compound sentence?2 simple clauses linked by fanboys
- 4What is a complex sentence?Subordinate clauses linked to a main clause by connectives or verbs ending in '-ing' or '-ed'
- 5What is a minor sentence?Fragments of a complete structures that stand alone. (Often Deictic)
Doesn't have to follow the SVO order - 6What is a morpheme?The smallest unit of meaning. They make up all words.
- 7What are the 3 types of morphemes and what do they do?Free morpheme can stand alone E.g:Friend
Prefix-bound morpheme can be added to the beginning of a free morpheme. E.g:Unfriend
Suffix-bound morpheme can be added to the end of a free morpheme. E.g:Friendly
Together = UNFRIENDLY - 8How do you identify a subordinate clause?Indicated by commas and can appear at ant point in the sentence
- 9What is a parenthetical clause?A subordinate clause that occurs in brackets or dashes.
- 10What is a relative clause?A clause that uses a relative pronoun
- 11What is the term used to describe the terms surrounding a noun?Noun phrases
- 12What is a verb phrase?Words surrounding the verb in the sentence.
- 13What tense describes an action that is happening now?Simple present tense
I walk - 14What tense describes an action that is happening now and will continue to happen?Present progressive tense
I Am walking - 15What is the present perfect tense?An action that has already happened
I have walked - 16What is the present perfect progressive tense?An action that has happened and is unfinished
I have been walking - 17What term describes an action that has finished and is in the past?Simple Past tense
I walked - 18What term describes an action that was happening?Past progressive tense
I was walking - 19What is the past perfect tense?an action that has already happened before something else happened
I had walked - 20What tense describes the sentence: I had been walking.Past perfect progressive - an action that was continuous but has now finished
- 21When do we use the simple future tense?When describing an action that is going to happen in future.
I will walk. - 22What is the future progressive tense?Action is continuous and will be happening in future.
I will be walking - 23What tense describes an action that will be completed in the future?Future perfect tense
I will have walked - 24What tense describes an action that is continuous and will be completed in future?Future perfect progressive tense.
I will have been walking
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- Florence Lane · Jul 2020
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- Jul 2, 2020
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