Grammar

Which language level does punctuation belong to?

• graphology

• grammar

• phonology

• semantics

What does an interrogative sentence do?

• state how the world is

• ask a question

• tell someone to do something

• express surprise

What does a declarative sentence do?

• state how the world is

• ask a question

• tell someone to do something

• express surprise

What does an imperative sentence do?

• state how the world is

• ask a question

• tell someone to do something

• express surprise

What might an exclamative sentence do?

• state how the world is

• ask a question

• tell someone to do something

• express surprise

A clause contains the same elements as a simple sentence. A clause nearly always contains a subject, but always contains a...

• verb

• object

• complement

• adverbial

Complements are often adjectives or noun phrases that tell us more about the subject. Which word is the complement in this sentence: "Yesterday, she looked tired"

• yesterday

• she

• looked

• tired

Which part of the following sentence is an adverbial: "He ate his breakfast before the sun came up."

• He

• ate

• his breakfast

• before the sun came up

Which of these is NOT a multi-clause sentence?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

What sort of conjunctions are used in compound sentences?

• subordinating

• cooperating

• coordinating

• regulating