How Well Do You Really Know Your Grammar Terminology?

This might just be one of the easiest terms to remember! The correct term is a noun. As long as you remember the three "Ps," you'll always remember what a noun is.

"Oh no!" is an example of an interjection. Interjections are any impulsive phrase that can stop the flow of the sentence.

An ellipsis is a series of three dots (...) that are used as a pause. Following the ellipsis, the sentence finishes itself where it left off.

This would be the subject of the sentence. The subject in this sentence, "The old car was getting rusty," is the car. This is because the rest of the sentence is in reference to it.

An infinitive is a word that is in front of a verb. For example, the infinitive in the phrase "to run," would be the word "to."

This is true. The base form of a verb is the verb by itself with no endings attached. For example, run, talk and jump are all examples of base form verbs.

The correct term is participle. There are a few types of participles such as past participles and present participles. These are important, as they paint the picture for the tense that the activity happened in.

The only word in the English language to be a definite article is "the." The only time that "the" is used is when the listener is aware who or what "the" is referring to.

The correct term is a phrase. There are countless types of phrases such as verb phrases or absolute phrases. The word "phrase" is somewhat of a blanket term for all of the types.

This is true. The conjugation of verbs is determined by the subject of the sentence. For example, if the subject is "they," the conjugation of the verb "run" would be "ran."

Linking verbs do exactly as they sound, link a sentence together. An example of a sentence with a linking verb is: "The barbecue smells amazing." The linking verb in this sentence would be the word "smells."

The correct term is relative pronoun. The purpose of these words is to give an introduction. For example, "Bill, who is Jenny's son, will be coming over tonight."

A verb is an action word in a sentence. For example, the verb in the sentence "He walked to the store," is "walked." Walking is the action that is being completed in the sentence.

This is active voice, which is one of two voices in writing. The other voice is passive voice, which means that something is being acted upon, rather than performing the action.

This is false. A contraction is where two words are put together to form one. A few examples of contractions include, isn't, would've, can't and they'll.

The correct term is the affix. There are two different types, which are the prefix and the suffix. The prefix goes ahead of the word and the suffix goes behind.

This is called a comma splice. It is a grammatical error that is placed in the middle of two phrases. For example, "I love New York, it's a beautiful city" would be an example of a comma splice.

An adjective is a word that works alongside a noun as it helps to describe it. For example, the adjective in the sentence "Peter is very short" is the word short. It is used to describe Peter.

This sentence is known as a complex sentence. They are made up of two different clauses, a main clause and a dependent clause.

This is true. Each word in a sentence has a function. For example, in the sentence "I ran to the store," the purpose of the word "I" is to act as the subject and give context to the sentence.

A dependent clause cannot stand on its own and needs to be part of a full sentence to make sense. For example, the dependent clause in "I ran all the way up the hill," is "all the way up the hill."

Just like the name suggests, fragment is used for a sentence that is incomplete. Here is an example: "Because it was time to confront them." This sentence needs to have a little more to it to make it complete.

An interrogative is a word that starts off a question, hence the name "interrogative." All of the 5 "Ws" can be included under this term.

An irregular verb has unique endings that are not like your regular verb. Some examples of irregular verbs are clung, drawn and hung.

Bravest is a superlative because it is used in a fashion that means the subject is of the highest level of bravery. Superlatives always refer to the best or highest ranking.

Adjunct is the subject of adding more detail into a phrase. For example, instead of saying "George left," you could say, "George left the party early."

Cohesion is a well-crafted sentence that makes sense and has a clear subject. It can also refer to a complete body of writing.

Exclamatory sentences are very emotional sentences. They can be happy, sad or even angry, and most often contain an exclamation mark.

An imperative sentence is a direct order that is implied to be referencing the person that they are speaking to. An example of this is, "Go to the store."

This is true. Lexicon refers to a person's vocabulary. Lexicons differ for everyone, as one person might have a larger lexicon than the next.

This is called a run-on sentence. Here is an example of one: "I went to the store I couldn't find the frozen food aisle."

An adverb works alongside a verb in order to give further meaning to it. An example of this would be, "The speech was given beautifully," where "beautifully" would be the adverb.

Articles are words that do this. These words include "a," "the" and "an."

This is referred to as first person. An example of first person would be: "I went to the mall today to buy some new clothes." The subject is speaking of themselves and their actions.

This is true. Negatives are important in English and also include words like hardly or weren't. Double negatives however, are an incorrect usage of two of these negatives.