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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. Tells what the subject is or does






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






3. A phrase beginning with a verb that describes the subject - e.g. Walking home from school - River Tam stopped by the store and bought candy.






4. 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






5. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






10. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






15. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A sentence that makes a command






28. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






42. Renames a noun






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






44. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






47. 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."






48. 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)






49. Verb used as a command






50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase