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6. what is the beginning of a word?

  • root
  • prefix
  • suffix

7. what type of sentence only has one clause?

  • compounding
  • simple
  • complex
  • orthographic

8. what is the attribute of a subject in a relational verb process e.g. tired?

  • adverbial
  • complement
  • object
  • subject

9. what is the term for the joining of two clauses that gives them equal weighting?

  • co-ordinating
  • subordinating

10. what acts as the focus of the clause, and is often the focus of a relational verb process or the agent of a material verb process e.g. I

  • subject
  • object
  • complement
  • adverbial

11. what is the term for a group of words centred around a noun that acts as the head of the phrase which can involve a determiner, modifier and qualifier e.g. the expensive television in the corner?

  • clause
  • noun phrase
  • verb phrase
  • simple sentence

12. what is the term for a verb that shows tense?

  • primary auxiliary verb
  • modal auxiliary verb

13. what is the type of voice that omits the agent using a prepositional phrase and the verb phrase changes to a form of to be + participle form (verb root+en/ed)?

  • passive
  • active

14. what is the term for the joining of two clauses that gives the one clause (the main) more weight than the other

  • subordinating
  • co-ordinating

15. what is the term for a larger structure, formed by phrases, which are a group of words centred around a verb phrase?

  • clause
  • sentence
  • phrase

16. what type of sentence contains a subordinate clause or clauses?

  • simple
  • complex
  • compounding
  • orthographic

17. what is the base of a word?

  • prefix
  • root
  • suffix

18. what identifies the circumstances of a verb process in terms of time, place or manner e.g. the floor

  • object
  • complement
  • adverbial
  • subject

19. which type of sentence is recognised though the use of a capital letter and full stop

  • orthographic
  • complex
  • simple
  • compounding

20. what is the type of voice that places the agent in the subject position for prominence and places the verb phrase in present or past tense

  • active
  • passive