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Grammar Fundamentals

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






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






3. Renames a noun






4. 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."






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






6. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






8. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






12. 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)






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






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






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






16. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Verb used as a command






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






43. Describes subject






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






45. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






48. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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