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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A sentence that has one independent clause






9. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






10. (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






11. 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.






12. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






17. 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."






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






19. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase