Syntax -correct answer the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences (subject, verb, object, etc.)
Polysemic -correct answer A word with more than one meaning
collocation -correct answer Words which are regularly used together (e.g. 'fish and chips' and 'back to front)
Compound -correc...
Syntax -correct answer the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences (subject, verb, object, etc.)
Polysemic -correct answer A word with more than one meaning
collocation -correct answer Words which are regularly used together (e.g. 'fish and chips' and 'back to
front)
Compound -correct answer A word formed from two other words (e.g. dustbin)
Determiners -correct answer Words determining the number or status of the noun (a, the, most)
Verbal noun -correct answer Nouns that are formed from a verb and partly share their construction
definite article -correct answer the
indefinite article -correct answer a or an
copular verb -correct answer a verb that takes a complement (such as 'the frog BECAME happy')
comparative adjective -correct answer the form of an adjective that designated comparison between
two things (the faster car)
superlative adjective -correct answer the form of the adjective which expresses the highest level of
quality (the fastest car)
auxiliary verbs -correct answer assists the main verb: be, do, have, will, shall, would, should, can, could,
may, might, must, ought, etc.
, modal auxiliary verb -correct answer a sub-category of auxiliary verbs that express degrees of possibility,
probability, necessity or obligation (may, might, could, should, shall, would)
inflection -correct answer the ending added to a word to change its tense or number
dynamic verb -correct answer describes something happening (the bee sipped the nectar)
stative verb -correct answer describes something that exists or is (see seems quite)
progressive aspect -correct answer where the action described by the verb is continuous, by adding -ing
(a dog is barking)
perfect aspect -correct answer where the action described by the verb is or has been completed, by
adding -ed and the auxiliary have (i have made the coffee, i had visited Paris)
declarative -correct answer a statement (provides information) -he shut the window
interrogative -correct answer a question - can you shut the window?
imperative -correct answer a command - shut the window
exclamation -correct answer exclamation - Help!
pragmatic failure -correct answer where the meaning that is implied in not the meaning that is
understood by the listener
framing -correct answer controlling the agenda of a conversation; or making utterances to encourage
child to fill in the blacks
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