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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.






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






3. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






4. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






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






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






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






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






9. 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)






10. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Renames a noun






24. 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.






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






26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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)






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






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






34. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






38. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






39. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"






40. 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






41. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Verb used as a command






50. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness