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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






2. Prepositions function as ___or ___






3. 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)






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






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






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






8. (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






9. A sentence that makes a command






10. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






15. A sentence that has one independent clause






16. 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






17. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






20. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Describes subject






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






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






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






39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






41. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






45. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)






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






47. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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