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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






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






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






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






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






6. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






8. 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."






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






10. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






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






16. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






22. Verb used as a command






23. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






26. Describes subject






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






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






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






30. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






34. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






40. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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