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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb






2. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')






3. Takes the place of a noun or nouns; they show number and gender; example: singular: I - me - my - mine - you - your - yours - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its / plural: we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - they - them - their - the






4. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.






5. 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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6. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun






7. A word that expresses action or a state of being






8. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.






9. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






10. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)






11. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






12. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb






13. Renames or describes the direct object






14. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb






15. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






16. A sentence that makes a command






17. Verb used as a command






18. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






19. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






20. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers






21. Verbal acting like a noun






22. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






23. Prepositions function as ___or ___






24. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






25. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






26. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose






27. 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






28. A word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g. "wearing a ball gown" in the sentence - "She sat on the lap of a fat man wearing a ball gown."






29. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






30. A pronoun that does not refer to a specific - person - place - thing - or idea; examples: everyone - everything - everybody - anybody - many - most - few - each - some - someone - all - nothing - nobody - and no one






31. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






32. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






33. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






34. Renames subject






35. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






36. 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)






37. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles






38. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition






39. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)






40. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






41. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






42. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






43. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






44. (Stands for a noun) I - me - mine - you - your - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its - we - us - our/ours - they - them - their/theirs






45. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






46. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.






47. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






48. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal






49. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






50. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.