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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, 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. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






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






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






4. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






5. Describes subject






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






7. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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."






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






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






17. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






18. Renames subject






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






20. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






24. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






25. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






28. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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)






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






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






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






43. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






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






49. A sentence that makes a command






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