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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses






2. 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






3. A sentence that makes a command






4. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






9. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






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






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






12. Prepositions function as ___or ___






13. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)






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






15. It is supposed to be absolutely clear who is being referred to by a pronoun. If you cannot tell who a pronoun is referring to it is ambiguous and must be fixed.






16. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






18. (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






19. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






20. 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."






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






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






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






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






25. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






30. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized






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






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






33. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality






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






35. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






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






37. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject






38. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






39. Renames a noun






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






41. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






46. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






47. 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)






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






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






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