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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Renames subject






24. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






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






26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






27. 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)






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






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






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






31. Renames a noun






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Describes subject






40. Verb used as a command






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






42. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. Prepositions function as ___or ___






47. 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






48. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.






49. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






50. A word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g. "wearing a ball gown" in the sentence - "She sat on the lap of a fat man wearing a ball gown."







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