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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. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






5. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






7. 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)






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






9. A sentence that has one independent clause






10. 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.






11. Prepositions function as ___or ___






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Renames or describes the direct object






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






24. Renames subject






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






35. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






39. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






41. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






42. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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)