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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. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






2. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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)






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






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






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






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






14. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






16. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers






17. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






21. Verb used as a command






22. Describes subject






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






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






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






26. A sentence that makes a command






27. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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."






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






40. 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






41. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






44. Renames a noun






45. Prepositions function as ___or ___






46. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






48. Renames or describes the direct object






49. 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






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