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






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






4. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






6. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






7. (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






8. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






11. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






31. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






37. Describes subject






38. 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)






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






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






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






42. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






48. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






50. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration