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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tells what the subject is or does
Parts of speech
nominative case
antecedent
predicate
2. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
absolute phase
prepositional phrase
compound sentence
Uses of 'that'
3. 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.
Modifiers
phrase
nominal of a sentence
participial phase
4. 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
collective noun
interrogative statement
antecedent
indefinite pronoun
5. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
prepositional phrase
abstract noun
noun clauses
comma splice
6. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
subjunctive
idiom
indicative mood
object complement
7. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
interrogative statement
phrase
countable noun
regular verb
8. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
linking verbs
preposition word
active voice sentences
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
9. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
regular verb
independent clause
pronoun
noun
10. Verbal acting like a noun
Run-on sentence
predicate noun
gerund
adverbs or adjectives
11. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
prepositional phrase
Progressive tense
relative pronoun
object
12. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
object
interjection
object of the preposition
Non-coordinate adjectives
13. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
clause
noun compound
proper pronoun
personal pronoun
14. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
helping verbs
Ranking order
first person
interjection
15. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
transitive verb
3 cases of pronouns
second person
adjective clause
16. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
sentence
noncountable noun
independent clause
17. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
interrogative statement
8 types of pronouns
concrete noun
noun
18. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
clause
nominative case
proper pronoun
interrogative pronoun
19. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
nominal of a sentence
collective noun
future tense
adverb
20. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
object complement
comparative adjective
transitive verb
predicate
21. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
abstract noun
8 types of pronouns
pronoun
pronoun errors
22. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
split infinitive
sentence fragment
Simple sentences forms
Non-coordinate adjectives
23. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
subject of the sentence
adjective
exclamatory statement
pronoun number error
24. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
comma splice
sentence
interrogative pronoun
antecedent
25. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
past tense
subordinating conjunction
3 cases of pronouns
compound sentence
26. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
3 cases of pronouns
nominal of a sentence
object of the preposition
past tense
27. A sentence that makes a command
imperative statement
prepositional phrase
object
Ranking order
28. 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
preposition word
adverb
Progressive tense
predicate noun
29. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
interrogative statement
regular verb
noun
countable noun
30. 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
noncountable noun
adjective clause
nominative case
personal pronoun
31. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
objective case
demonstrative pronoun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
active voice sentences
32. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
Uses of 'that'
infinitive
complex sentence
33. 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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34. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
indicative mood
interrogative pronoun
simple sentence
comparative adjective
35. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
Types of phrases
Sentence functions
active voice sentences
subject of the sentence
36. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
common noun names
sentence fragment
object of the preposition
comma splice
37. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
relative pronoun
nominative case
first person
future tense
38. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
linking verbs
third person
noncountable noun
39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
intransitive verb
declarative statement
noun compound
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
40. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
noncountable noun
Simple sentences forms
exclamatory statement
41. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
subject
predicate noun
phrase
adverbs or adjectives
42. Renames a noun
common noun names
active voice sentences
intransitive verb
appositive
43. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
subject of the sentence
subject
positive adjective
predicate
44. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
Types of phrases
appositive
Non-coordinate adjectives
predicate adjective
45. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
object
Types of phrases
compound sentence
independent clause
46. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
simple sentence
Run-on sentence
second person
object complement
47. 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."
clause
misplaced modifier
abstract noun
linking verbs
48. 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)
adverb
antecedent
intransitive verb
first person
49. Verb used as a command
noun compound
imperative
sentence
transitive verb
50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
regular verb
complex sentence
Ranking order
verb