Parts of Speech
What part of speech is the word 'Dog' in this sentence.
The dog is big and has grey spots.
Noun
This category shows whether we are talking about one thing or more than one thing.
number
True or False: Prescriptive approach describes how people actually use language.
False - That’s descriptive approach
We use "subject" and "object" to describe what different functions?
Functions of noun phrases in a sentence.
Put the following words into the correct word order:
grammar / the / best / ENG2200 / is / the / team / of
The Grammar team of ENG2200 is the best.
What part of speech is 'An' in the following sentence.
I read an interesting book last night before bed.
Article
This category shows who is involved in the action, whether it's the speaker, listener, or someone else
person
What does prescriptive approach aim to do?
Use the “correct” or “proper” use of language.
When can we identify the ___ as the first noun phrase before the verb and the ___ as the noun phrase after the verb.
1. Subject
2. Object
Which word order is correct?
1) What time does she get up?
2) What time she does get up?
1) What time does she get up?
Which parts of speech is typically used with verbs, to provide more information about actions, states, and events
Adverbs
In the sentence "James loves his dog", the verb "loves" matches the noun James in these two categories.
person and number
Saying "To whom are you talking?" instead of "Who are you talking to?" is which approach?
Prescriptive approach
Which language uses the following word order?
"John big dog saw"
Japanese (Subject Object Verb / SOV)
Words such as and, but, or although belong to which part of speech.
Conjunctions
When a verb form shows time differences (loves vs koved) it's showing which grammatical category?
tense
Why might a sentence like “To boldly go” be considered ungrammatical in prescriptive terms but fine descriptively?
It "splits" the infinitive per traditional Latin-based rules
What part of speech is 'Before' in this sentence.
He promised to call his mother before he got on the bus to Seattle.
Preposition
The agreement Sarah ands her is based on the category that distinguishes male, female, and neutral.
gender
Chris tells his brother to write “Everyone should do his or her homework,” but his teacher says “Everyone should do their homework” is fine. What kind of grammar approach is the teacher using?
Descriptive because it accepts natural, modern English use