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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






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






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






16. Renames a noun






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






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






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






20. 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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21. A sentence that makes a command






22. Renames subject






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






24. 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)






25. 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






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






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






28. Verb used as a command






29. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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."






39. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






40. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






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






46. Verbal acting like a noun






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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