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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






2. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Verbal acting like a noun






14. Renames subject






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






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






17. 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






18. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






19. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






21. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






23. 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)






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






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






26. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






36. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






46. Renames a noun






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






48. A sentence that makes a command






49. 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.






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