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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






4. 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."






5. Renames subject






6. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






11. (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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






20. Verb used as a command






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)






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






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






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






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






26. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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






32. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A sentence that has one independent clause






40. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






44. Used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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