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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






2. 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.






3. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






4. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






8. Tells what the subject is or does






9. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






10. 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."






11. Verbal acting like a noun






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






13. Renames subject






14. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






17. 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






18. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Describes subject






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






36. Renames or describes the direct object






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






38. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






42. 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)






43. Renames a noun






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






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






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






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






48. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






50. 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