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Writing Accurately Writing accurately is a valuable skill and helps you express your ideas clearly and creatively across all subjects. Below are some of the important features of accurate writing for you to master. Remember: once you have mastered the rules, you can break them for your own creative effects. Grammar Verb Auxiliary Verb A word used to describe an action, state or occurrence Punctuation Capital Letter Full Stop Finite Verbs A verb used to form tenses, moods and voices of other verbs: be, do, have, can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will would The main verb of the sentence which must change if one of tense, person or number changes. Non-Finite Verbs A secondary verb in a sentence that can always be used even if the tense, person or number in the sentence changes. Question Mark Past Participle Present Participle Gerund A word formed of a verb ending in ‘ED’ used as an adjective to describe a noun e.g. ‘The scared man jumped forward.’ A word formed of a verb ending in ‘ING’ used as an adjective to describe a noun e.g. ‘The laughing man jumped forward.’ A verb that functions as a noun e.g. ‘Swimming is my favourite sport’ Interrobang Semi-Colon Colon Common Noun A word that is used to identify a class of people, places or things e.g. children, countryside, chairs Dash Proper Noun Adverb A word use to name a particular people, place or thing e.g. Chris, East Anglia, Nimbus3000 A word that is used to modify a verb e.g. ‘He ran quickly.’ Adjective A word that is used to modify a noun e.g. ‘The tall teacher talked to the class.’ Comma – Lists Comma – Separating Dependent and Independent Clauses Brackets Subject Object Independent Clause The person, place or thing that is carrying out an action or being something e.g. ‘The boy shouted loudly.’ The person, place or thing that is having an action done to it e.g. ‘The boy shouted loudly into the megaphone.’ A clause that can stand alone as a sentence e.g. ‘The cat sat on the mat’. Apostrophe – Possessive Apostrophe – Omission Ellipsis Dependent Clause Embedded Clause Common Errors Fragments Declarative A clause that depends on an independent clause to make sense e.g. ‘Without turning around, the cat sat on the mat’. A dependent clause that is embedded within an independent clause e.g. ‘The man, who appeared from nowhere, sat next to the cat’. A sentence that makes a declaration e.g. ‘She sells sea shells.’ Interrogative A sentence that asks a question (not rhetorical questions). ‘How much is that doggie in the window?’ Verb Agreements Exclamatory A sentence that shows great emotions e.g. ‘I am appalled by your behaviour!’ Homophone Imperative Pronoun Noun Phrase Adverbial Phrase Adverbial Clause Preposition Time Preposition Place Co-coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions A sentence that gives commands e.g. ‘Get out!’ A word that can replace a noun: I, You, He, She, It, They, Them, We A group of words that can be replaced by a pronoun e.g. ‘I’ve met the last remaining native’ Two or more words which play the role of an adverb e.g. ‘I sit in silence.’ A dependent clause that functions as an adverb e.g. ‘Looking around desperately for an escape, I ran for dear life.’ A word that indicates when something happens in time e.g. ‘During lesson one, the fire alarm rang.’ A word that indicates where something happens in place e.g. ‘A fire broke out in Room 51.’ A conjunction placed between clauses of equal importance: For, And, But, Or, Yet, So (FANBOYS). There Their They’re To Too Two Where Wear Which Witch Buy By A conjunction used to link dependent and independent clause to establish a time, place, reason, condition, concession or a comparison for the main clause: As, Because, Although, Though, Even Though, Whereas, If Exclamation Mark Comma Splices An upper case letter used to after a full stop to begin a sentence or to indicate a proper noun. . Used to mark the end of a sentence. ! Used at the end of an exclamatory sentence to show strong emotion. ? Used to indicate an interrogative sentence or rhetorical question. ?! Informally used to indicate disbelief. ; Used to join two related independent clauses. : Used to precede lists, expansions or explanations. - Used to separate information from an independent clause or parenthetically. , Used to separate items in a list. , Used to separate dependent clauses from independent clauses. () Used to indicate an afterthought which if omitted leaves a grammatically complete sentence. ‘ Used to indicate ownership. ‘ Used to indicate a missing letter. … Used to indicate a sudden change in topic, omitted words or a long pause. Sentences that do not contain an independent clause. Two or more independent clauses separated by a comma. The use of a form of the verb that does not link to the subject e.g. ‘We was running.’ Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Indicating place. Indicating possession. Contraction of ‘they are’. A preposition. An Adverb indicating addition or excess. A number. Usually used as an adverb. A verb or noun indicating clothing. Usually used as a pronoun indicating choice. Flies on a broom stick with a black cat. A verb meaning to purchase. Usually used as a preposition.