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






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






3. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






4. 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






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






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






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






8. (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






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






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






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






12. Describes subject






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






14. A sentence that has one independent clause






15. 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."






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






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






18. 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






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






20. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






22. 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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23. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






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






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






26. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






28. Renames or describes the direct object






29. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






32. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






36. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma