Grammatical Analysis

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Active Voice
A clause construction with the agent noun phrase in subject position
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Adverbial
A phrase modifying a verb
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Affected
The noun impacted upon by the action of the verb
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Agent
The noun producing or controlling the dynamic action of a verb
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Complement
A noun phrase, prepositional phrase or adjective, giving additional information about another noun phrase.
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Complex Sentence
A sentence with one or more subordinate clauses
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Compound sentence
A sentence with multiple main clauses only
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Co-ordination
Linking main clauses to other main clauses to create compound sentences.
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Clause
A 'string' of words containing verbs
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Declaritive mood
When a clause functions to declare information
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Derivational bound morpheme
A morpheme affixed to a root, altering the meaning
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Exclamatory mood
When a clause functions to convey emotion
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Head
The noun at the core of a phrase, carrying most meaning
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Imperative mood
When a clause functions to give a command
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Inflectional bound morpheme
A morpheme affixed to a root, changing the form
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Interrogative mood
When a clause functions to pose a question
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Major sentence
A sentence including a verb
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Minor sentence
A sentence not including a verb
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Noun phrase
A head noun plus its pre modification and/or post modification
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Object noun phrase
A noun phrase positioned after the verb phrase
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Passive voice
A clause constructed with the affected noun in the subject position
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Perfect aspect
When the action of the verb has finished
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Prepositional phrase
A phrase beginning with a preposition, and including a noun phrase
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Primary auxiliary verb
'To be','to have' and 'to do', when they are not the main verb
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Progressive aspect
When the action of the verb is still continuing
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Relative clause
Post-modifying clause beginning with a relative pronoun
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Root morpheme
The morpheme at the core of a word, carrying the most meaning
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Simple sentence
A sentence made up of just one main clause
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Subject noun phrase
The noun phrase positioned before the verb phrase
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Subordination
Linking subordinate clauses to main clauses to create complex sentences
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Tense
The form of the verb, relating to when the dynamic action takes place
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Verb phrase
A main verb, plus its potential adverbs, negator and auxiliary verbs
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Card 2

Front

A phrase modifying a verb

Back

Adverbial

Card 3

Front

The noun impacted upon by the action of the verb

Back

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Card 4

Front

The noun producing or controlling the dynamic action of a verb

Back

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Card 5

Front

A noun phrase, prepositional phrase or adjective, giving additional information about another noun phrase.

Back

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