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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
positive adjective
indirect object
adverb
common noun names
2. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
Types of phrases
proper pronoun
independent clause
imperative statement
3. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
Non-coordinate adjectives
noncountable noun
relative pronoun
Progressive tense
4. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
noncountable noun
phrase
personal pronoun
8 types of pronouns
5. 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.
participial phase
adjective
objective case
infinitive
6. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
predicate noun
compound sentence
sentence fragment
3 cases of pronouns
7. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
Progressive tense
object of the preposition
subjunctive
common noun names
8. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
comparative adjective
Sentence functions
adjective
noun clauses
9. Prepositions function as ___or ___
adverbs or adjectives
third person
imperative
gerund
10. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
noun
first person
pronoun number error
object of the preposition
11. Renames subject
relative pronoun
abstract noun
predicate noun
clause
12. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
countable noun
infinitive
indefinite pronoun
antecedent
13. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
countable noun
adjective clause
preposition word
nominative case
14. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
predicate
concrete noun
simple sentence
Simple sentences forms
15. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
first person
exclamatory statement
noun
pronoun errors
16. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
third person
compound sentence
interrogative statement
comparative adjective
17. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
comma splice
proper pronoun
exclamatory statement
relative pronoun
18. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
interrogative statement
Parts of sentences
future tense
positive adjective
19. 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."
3 cases of pronouns
adverb
personal pronoun
misplaced modifier
20. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indefinite pronoun
proper pronoun
indicative mood
first person
21. 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)
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
intransitive verb
indefinite pronoun
imperative statement
22. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
adjective
first person
complex sentence
23. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
nominal of a sentence
predicate adjective
common noun names
collective noun
24. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
phrase
object of the preposition
sentence fragment
demonstrative pronoun
25. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
subject
Run-on sentence
demonstrative pronoun
split infinitive
26. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
Ranking order
abstract noun
split infinitive
nominative case
27. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
pronoun reference errors
idiom
subject
concrete noun
28. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
comparative adjective
linking verbs
Types of phrases
pronoun number error
29. 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)
third person
Ranking order
pronoun reference errors
absolute phase
30. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
first person
noun compound
pronoun number error
nominal of a sentence
31. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
Parts of speech
interjection
absolute phase
subject of the sentence
32. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
preposition word
interjection
pronoun number error
helping verbs
33. Tells what the subject is or does
absolute phase
predicate
relative pronoun
complex sentence
34. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
split infinitive
adjective
comma splice
proper pronoun
35. 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
interjection
dependent clause
sentence fragment
noncountable noun
36. Verb used as a command
Modifiers
imperative
pronoun
noun clauses
37. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
active voice sentences
Uses of 'that'
Modifiers
object
38. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
active voice sentences
Run-on sentence
future tense
adverb
39. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
imperative statement
Uses of 'that'
relative pronoun
past tense
40. 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.
idiom
infinitive
sentence fragment
pronoun reference errors
41. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
collective noun
active voice sentences
abstract noun
Parts of speech
42. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
object complement
countable noun
indicative mood
second person
43. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
independent clause
adverbs or adjectives
object of the preposition
past tense
44. 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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45. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
intransitive verb
sentence fragment
objective case
comparative adjective
46. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
positive adjective
sentence
first person
intransitive verb
47. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
transitive verb
absolute phase
positive adjective
antecedent
48. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
noncountable noun
noun compound
positive adjective
interjection
49. A sentence that has one independent clause
linking verbs
common noun names
simple sentence
relative pronoun
50. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
indefinite pronoun
subject
Uses of 'that'
past tense