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Grammar Fundamentals

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






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






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






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






5. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






6. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






9. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






11. Describes subject






12. 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






13. Tells what the subject is or does






14. 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."






15. Renames or describes the direct object






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A sentence that makes a command






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






33. (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






34. A sentence that has one independent clause






35. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






36. 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.






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






38. 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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39. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






40. Prepositions function as ___or ___






41. 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)






42. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






43. 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






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






45. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






46. 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.






47. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






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






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






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







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