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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






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






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






4. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






6. 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)






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






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. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






13. 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






14. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






16. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






17. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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