Concepts
What's grammar?
The set of rules governing the structure and use of a language.
Change the words in the following sentence:
"I am trying to do my homework but I don't want to."
I am trying to do my essay but I don't want to.
I am trying to do my exam but I don't want to.
I am trying to exercise but I don't want to.
What's wrong in the following sentence?
"Be quit, everyone can hear us!"
Be QUIET, everyone can hear us!
Which one is correct?
Impolite or Inpolite?
Impolite
I am ____________ to feel sick.
a) starting
b) started
c) starters
A) STARTING
What are the disciplines of grammar?
Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Phonology, and Morphology.
Change the tense in the following sentence:
Are you going to the Halloween party?
Were you going to the Halloween party?
Will you go the Halloween party?
Have you gone to the Halloween party?
Have you been going to the Halloween party?
What's wrong in the following sentence:
He stais at home from 6 to 8 pm.
He stays at home from 6 to 8 pm.
What's the suffix in the following word?
"Unbelievable"
-able
You are ___________, look at you go! You have no limits!
a) stopped
b) unstoppable
c) stop
B) UNSTOPPABLE
The tense, the intention, the words, and the order.
Change the order in the following sentence:
"I need to rest, but first I will drink a beer"
I will drink a beer first, but I need to rest.
What's wrong in the following sentence?
"I was trying to hear your but there are so many noise"
I was trying to hear you, but there was so much noise.
How many affixes are there in this word?
UNPREMEDITATED
UN PRE MEDITAT ED
3:
2 prefixes -un and -pre
1 suffix -ed
Which of the following words means "with no limits"?
Limitless
Unlimited
Nonlimited
LIMITLESS AND UNLIMITED
What's descriptivism?
The grammar approach where people use language in real life and real contexts without paying too much attention to grammar details and rules.
Change the intention in the following sentence:
"I can't get you a glass of water, we only have wine!"
I can't get you a glass of wine, we only have water!
We only have water, I can't get you a glass of wine!
What's wrong in the following sentence?
Calm up! Nothing's gonna happen to us, we will fine I assure your
Calm down! Nothing's going to happen to us, we will be fine. I assure you.
Do disable, unstable, and unstoppable have the same root word?
NO
The root word of disable is ABLE which means "hábil".
The root word of unstable is STABLE which means "estable"
The root word of unstoppable is STOP which means "PARAR/ ALTO/ DETENERSE" and ABLE is the suffix.
How many derivational morphemes are in this sentence?
"I am trying to be careless but I can't I am a lovely and deeply sentimental person."
-less
-ly
-ly
-al
What's prescriptivism?
The grammar approach where grammar must be studied with detail and used with precision because it is academically and professionally important.
Change the intention and the tense of the following sentence:
I am feeling very tired this afternoon, I think I'll sleep the rest of the day.
I'll sleep this afternoon, I think I am feeling very tired the rest of the day:
I slept this afternoon, I thought I was feeling very tired the rest of the day.
What's wrong in this sentence?
"I have did my homework for the rest of the afternon but it seems like I will getting nowhere. I don get it
I have done my homework for the rest of the afternoon, but it seems like I am getting nowhere. I don't get it!
What's the meaning that creates the prefix IN in these two words?
Inadequate
Invincible
The prefix IN creates a NEGATIVE meaning, it creates
No adequate
No vencible
How many inflectional morphemes are there in this sentence?
She does her homework every evening; however, she is doing her essay tomorrow night. She has done the questionnaire already.
-es (does)
-ing (doing)
-s (has)
-ne (done)