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What does tense do in English?

Gives information about time

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What information does the choice of aspect give?

Conveys the speaker's perception of time (and other things)

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What are the two types of aspect?

Perfect and progressive

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What does "voice" refer to?

Active or passive voice

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Give some examples of what is referred to by "mood".

Indicative, imperative, subjunctive, modality

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What does a finite clause include?

An inflected verb form

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What does an non-finite clause include?

An infinitive (with or without "to") or -ing form

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What's a state or stative verb?

One that isn't used for describing actions and can't be used in the progressive

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What's the grammatical term for talking about meaning?

semantic

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What's the term for talking about sentence construction?

syntax

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What term is used for the study of the form of words?

morphology

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What's the term for the sound system of a language?

phonology

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