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






2. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






5. 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.






6. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






9. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






11. Renames subject






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






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






14. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






15. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






17. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






19. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






26. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






29. 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)






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






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






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






33. Tells what the subject is or does






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






35. 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






36. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A sentence that has one independent clause






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