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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






3. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






5. Describes subject






6. Verb used as a command






7. 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)






8. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






10. Renames a noun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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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31. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






32. Tells what the subject is or does






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






34. A sentence that has one independent clause






35. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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.






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






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






43. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






45. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






47. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us






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






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






50. 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."