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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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)






9. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






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






21. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






26. Renames a noun






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






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






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






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






31. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






32. 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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33. 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.






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






35. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






41. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






42. Tells what the subject is or does






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






44. 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






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






46. A sentence that makes a command






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






48. 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.






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






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