9 Terms
Contributors in Grammar
Grammar
word order
Language; Grammar
Order or sequence in which words occur within a sentence; basic word order for English is subject-verb-object or SVO.
yes-no question
Language; Grammar
Question to which the answer is yes or no; yes-no questions are "closed" questions; see also WH-question.
zero conditional
Language; Grammar
"If-then" conditional structure used when the result of the condition is always true (based on fact).
part of a speech
Language; Grammar
One of the classes into which words are divided according to their function in a sentence.
participle
Language; Grammar
Verb form that can be used as an adjective or a noun; see past participle, present participle.
past continuous
Language; Grammar
Tense often used to describe an interrupted action in the past; formed with WAS/WERE + VERB-ing.
