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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. 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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2. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Prepositions function as ___or ___






10. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






13. 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."






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






15. Tells what the subject is or does






16. 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)






17. 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)






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






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






20. (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






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






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






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






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






25. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






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






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






28. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






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






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






40. Renames a noun






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






42. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






47. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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