Grammar

Grammar

1. sentence types

   • interrogative
     • E.g. What are you doing?
   • declarative
     • E.g. I am the best
   • imperative
     • E.g. Put that down
   • minor
     • E.g. Oh God!
   • exclamatory
     • E.g. Stop right there!

2. sentence complexity

   • simple
     • E.g. The cat ate the mouse
   • complex
     • has more than one clause
     • E.g. He is a fine man who donates money to charity
   • compound
     • E.g. Tom is a guy and he wears a clown costume

3. punctuation

   • ellipsis
     • E.g. If only she had...
     • thought process
   • question marks
     • E.g. Are you sure you want to do that?
   • exclamation marks
     • E.g. Get out!
   • quotation marks

4. verb phrase

   • tense forms
   • modal verbs
   • active/passive
     • E.g active - dancing or passive - think
   • stative/dynamic

5. noun phrase

   • pronouns
     • E.g. he, we, I etc.
   • proper nouns
     • e.g Europe, Sarah
   • abstract/concrete nouns
     • E.g abstract - love, hope
     • E.g. concrete - pencil
   • pre-modification
   • post modification

6. adverbial phrase

   • gives extra information about what, where & when
     • E.g.
   • expresses tone/feeling/mood
     • E.g. sadly, unfortunately
   • placement has an effect
     • E.g. Unfortunately, he fell down or He fell down, unfortunately