Grammar Police

1.This is the name for the error in "Walking down the street, the trees were beautiful", where an opening phrase has nothing sensible to attach to.

2.This is the term for a word that imitates the sound it describes, such as buzz, hiss or clang.

3.This is the grammatical name for a verb form used as a noun, which in English ends in -ing, as in "swimming is good for you".

4.This punctuation mark can join two complete clauses more firmly than a comma but less finally than a full stop.

5.This is the part of speech that a word such as quick, blue or heavy belongs to when it describes a noun.