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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
second person
interrogative pronoun
nominal of a sentence
predicate adjective
2. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
imperative statement
concrete noun
Ranking order
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
3. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
declarative statement
prepositional phrase
Run-on sentence
regular verb
4. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
interrogative statement
verb
3 cases of pronouns
compound sentence
5. Does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence - even though it has a subject and a verb - e.g. ...because she is funny
third person
participial phase
helping verbs
dependent clause
6. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
linking verbs
appositive
first person
7. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
complex sentence
object of the preposition
comparative adjective
helping verbs
8. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
Modifiers
Simple sentences forms
nominative case
proper pronoun
9. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
interrogative statement
interjection
adjective clause
adjective
10. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
third person
indefinite pronoun
first person
infinitive
11. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
Run-on sentence
adverb
Modifiers
nominative case
12. Describes subject
Types of phrases
object of the preposition
predicate adjective
adjective
13. Subordinating conjunction (He asked that she go.) - Relative pronoun (He took the test that was hard.) - Demonstrative pronoun (That was hard.) - Demonstrative adjective (That test was hard.) - Adverb (The test wasn't that bad.)
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14. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
collective noun
common noun names
declarative statement
Parts of sentences
15. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
dependent clause
idiom
simple sentence
comma splice
16. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
adverb
Parts of sentences
Ranking order
noun
17. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
interjection
object complement
imperative statement
3 cases of pronouns
18. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
first person
absolute phase
common noun names
nominal of a sentence
19. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
noun
relative pronoun
idiom
indicative mood
20. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
clause
noun
idiom
interrogative statement
21. Renames a noun
appositive
adjective clause
regular verb
adverb
22. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
interrogative pronoun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
common noun names
imperative statement
23. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
imperative statement
interjection
linking verbs
antecedent
24. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
demonstrative pronoun
Simple sentences forms
subjunctive
collective noun
25. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
compound sentence
pronoun
complex sentence
3 cases of pronouns
26. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
compound sentence
adverbs or adjectives
relative pronoun
past tense
27. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
subjunctive
object of the preposition
Simple sentences forms
first person
28. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
exclamatory statement
predicate adjective
3 cases of pronouns
absolute phase
29. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
interjection
noun clauses
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
subordinating conjunction
30. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
predicate noun
gerund
Non-coordinate adjectives
noun
31. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
subordinating conjunction
preposition word
clause
active voice sentences
32. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
subjunctive
infinitive
comparative adjective
8 types of pronouns
33. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
sentence fragment
Sentence functions
subordinating conjunction
regular verb
34. A sentence that has one independent clause
simple sentence
idiom
object complement
Uses of 'that'
35. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
prepositional phrase
3 cases of pronouns
collective noun
Parts of speech
36. A word that expresses action or a state of being
3 cases of pronouns
linking verbs
pronoun number error
verb
37. includes all linking verbs and any action verbs that do not take an object; example: My friends CRIED - (his shoulder felt sore... 'sore' is a predicate adjective - not a direct object)
predicate noun
regular verb
split infinitive
intransitive verb
38. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
Ranking order
simple sentence
Non-coordinate adjectives
third person
39. A phrase beginning with a verb that describes the subject - e.g. Walking home from school - River Tam stopped by the store and bought candy.
active voice sentences
adjective clause
participial phase
first person
40. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
clause
predicate noun
imperative
countable noun
41. Renames or describes the direct object
object complement
preposition word
idiom
subordinating conjunction
42. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
predicate
prepositional phrase
Parts of sentences
subject of the sentence
43. Renames subject
abstract noun
noun
interrogative pronoun
predicate noun
44. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
3 cases of pronouns
interjection
indicative mood
past tense
45. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
split infinitive
predicate adjective
interrogative statement
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
46. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
past tense
Parts of speech
sentence fragment
concrete noun
47. Verb used as a command
absolute phase
interjection
linking verbs
imperative
48. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
Types of phrases
gerund
relative pronoun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
49. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
Modifiers
collective noun
pronoun errors
indirect object
50. Used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over
proper pronoun
collective noun
preposition word
relative pronoun