Grammar 1
Simple Past Tense of the verb GO
WENT
´Our planet is changing´ is an example of...
Simple Sentence
What adjective, apart from beautiful, does the writer use to give the impression of nature in extract 1 from the novel ´When the Mountains Roar´?
Any of the following: PEACEFUL - CALM - IMMENSE
The word that means ´walking with difficulty¨.
LIMP
Simple Past Tense of the Verb WRITE
WROTE
Simple Past Tense of the Verb TO BE for the 3rd Person Singular
WAS
Give the definition of Simple Sentence.
A sentence with one main clause.
What is the effect of the phrase: A click, and then the crack of their guns?
To make the reader imagine the sound of gun when being shot.
Give the category and meaning of the word in capital letter in the following sentence: It SMASHES into pieces.
VERB - BREAK NOISILY
Simple Past Tense for the Verb TO BE for the 3rd Person Plural
WERE
Name the 3 choices used in Formal Language.
Complex words
Colons and semi-colons
Complex sentences structures.
Give the definition of compound sentence.
A sentence with two main clauses joined by a comma and a connector, or a semi-colon.
What is the effect of the phrase: The men tower over it, clasping their riffles?
To show the men as superior and powerful.
Give the category and meaning of the word in capital letter in the following sentence:A SILHOUETTE appears on the ridge above us.
NOUN - THE SHAPE OF SOMETHING / SOMEONE
Name the 3 choices used in Informal Language
Simple vocabulary and contractions
Exclamations marks, dashes and ellipsis
Simple / compound sentences.
It describes events that have already happened. It makes the story seem more natural.
The effect of using Past Tense Verbs in a story.
Give the definition of Complex Sentence.
A sentence with an independent clause and a dependent clause.
What is the effect of the phrase: I collapse against a tree?
Praveen is shocked by the recent situation she has just seen.
Give the category and meaning of the word in capital letter in the following sentence: There on GLISTENING rocks, ...
ADJECTIVE - BRIGHT
It makes the action more immediate, which creates a sense of excitment, making us, readers, feel we are there, at the moment it takes place.
The effect of using Present Tense verbs in a description.
What are ´Structural Features´?
The way a text is ordered and organized.
What are subordinating conjunctions? Give 2 examples
Conjunctions (Linking words) used in Complex Sentences.
Examples: IF - ALTHOUGH - EVEN THOUGH - WHEN - WHILE - BEFORE - AFTER - UNLESS
What is the effect of the phrase: And the mountains roar with me?
It is a metaphor that shows the echoe of the shot and fuguratevly describes how nature is also affected by the crime.
Name the 3 main ways of working out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
CONTEXT - MORPHOLOGY (Root word, prefixes and suffixes) - ETYMOLOGY (Origin of the word)
What is Figurative Language?
It is a Literary Technique to use with a more imaginative meaning (not literal) in order to create a special effect.