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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb






2. 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."






3. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted






4. Renames a noun






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






6. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






8. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






9. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






10. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb






11. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






12. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






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






14. 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






15. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become






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






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






18. Point of view presents the events of the story from a narrator's point of view (he - she - it - they - them - their - her - his - or character's names are used)






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






20. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes






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






22. Prepositions function as ___or ___






23. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses






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






25. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)






26. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






27. 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)






28. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






29. Describes subject






30. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those






31. 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






32. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






33. A word or group of words that can function as a noun






34. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying






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






36. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.






37. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when






38. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.






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






40. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question






41. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






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






43. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






44. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






46. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does






47. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us






48. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






49. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)






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