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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Describes subject






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






9. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






13. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






18. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. A sentence that has one independent clause






25. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






30. Renames or describes the direct object






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






32. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Verbal acting like a noun






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