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Grammar Fundamentals
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english
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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. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
independent clause
Ranking order
noun
antecedent
2. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
active voice sentences
Sentence functions
Run-on sentence
second person
3. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
noncountable noun
3 cases of pronouns
Uses of 'that'
helping verbs
4. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
indefinite pronoun
adverb
demonstrative pronoun
pronoun reference errors
5. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
appositive
exclamatory statement
collective noun
subject
6. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
common noun names
demonstrative pronoun
declarative statement
active voice sentences
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)
noncountable noun
intransitive verb
active voice sentences
linking verbs
8. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
collective noun
noun clauses
regular verb
Uses of 'that'
9. A sentence that has one independent clause
nominative case
noun
simple sentence
helping verbs
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.
comma splice
comparative adjective
Ranking order
pronoun reference errors
11. Prepositions function as ___or ___
adverbs or adjectives
pronoun reference errors
countable noun
idiom
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
intransitive verb
Run-on sentence
linking verbs
personal pronoun
13. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
verb
pronoun reference errors
noncountable noun
countable noun
14. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
Progressive tense
split infinitive
linking verbs
abstract noun
15. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
noun
indicative mood
sentence fragment
independent clause
16. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
positive adjective
abstract noun
imperative statement
noun compound
17. Renames or describes the direct object
adjective
object of the preposition
noun compound
object complement
18. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
predicate
indicative mood
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
dependent clause
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
dependent clause
indicative mood
gerund
active voice sentences
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
imperative
independent clause
verb
preposition word
21. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
misplaced modifier
subject
subject of the sentence
Sentence functions
22. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
nominative case
phrase
second person
clause
23. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
noun compound
sentence fragment
regular verb
pronoun errors
24. Renames subject
objective case
independent clause
imperative
predicate noun
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
indefinite pronoun
phrase
past tense
subordinating conjunction
26. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
subjunctive
imperative statement
nominal of a sentence
relative pronoun
27. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
independent clause
subjunctive
common noun names
personal pronoun
28. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
subjunctive
nominative case
helping verbs
abstract noun
29. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
misplaced modifier
adjective
predicate noun
Modifiers
30. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
gerund
absolute phase
preposition word
declarative statement
31. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
regular verb
comparative adjective
imperative statement
object of the preposition
32. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
comparative adjective
compound sentence
comma splice
predicate noun
33. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
positive adjective
compound sentence
verb
adjective
34. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
idiom
split infinitive
3 cases of pronouns
object
35. A sentence that makes a command
imperative statement
indirect object
pronoun number error
third person
36. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
pronoun number error
predicate
objective case
past tense
37. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
demonstrative pronoun
transitive verb
sentence
concrete noun
38. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
misplaced modifier
subject
linking verbs
demonstrative pronoun
39. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
Simple sentences forms
gerund
object of the preposition
linking verbs
40. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
absolute phase
nominal of a sentence
noun
split infinitive
41. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
3 cases of pronouns
simple sentence
comparative adjective
objective case
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
imperative statement
common noun names
proper pronoun
pronoun
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
future tense
subjunctive
objective case
noun
45. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
indirect object
subordinating conjunction
Uses of 'that'
demonstrative pronoun
46. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
common noun names
pronoun errors
8 types of pronouns
collective noun
47. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
interrogative pronoun
pronoun reference errors
first person
personal pronoun
48. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
prepositional phrase
dependent clause
adverbs or adjectives
Parts of speech
49. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
first person
interrogative statement
complex sentence
sentence
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)
Progressive tense
clause
third person
imperative statement