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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






12. Verb used as a command






13. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Renames a noun






21. 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.






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






23. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






40. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






41. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






43. A sentence that makes a command






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






45. Describes subject






46. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






48. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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