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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
antecedent
indicative mood
transitive verb
object
2. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
8 types of pronouns
imperative statement
Non-coordinate adjectives
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
3. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
indicative mood
Parts of sentences
independent clause
noun clauses
4. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
Simple sentences forms
noun clauses
positive adjective
5. 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
split infinitive
indefinite pronoun
regular verb
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
6. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
object of the preposition
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
sentence fragment
predicate
7. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
countable noun
appositive
second person
active voice sentences
8. Verbal acting like a noun
exclamatory statement
gerund
adjective
pronoun reference errors
9. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
exclamatory statement
antecedent
demonstrative pronoun
noun compound
10. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
interrogative statement
idiom
pronoun reference errors
comparative adjective
11. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
preposition word
linking verbs
demonstrative pronoun
infinitive
12. (Stands for a noun) I - me - mine - you - your - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its - we - us - our/ours - they - them - their/theirs
third person
demonstrative pronoun
pronoun
compound sentence
13. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
independent clause
concrete noun
Types of phrases
Progressive tense
14. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
proper pronoun
abstract noun
prepositional phrase
noncountable noun
15. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
Sentence functions
countable noun
object
comparative adjective
16. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
positive adjective
Sentence functions
split infinitive
comma splice
17. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
subjunctive
absolute phase
antecedent
simple sentence
18. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
subject
relative pronoun
verb
clause
19. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
interrogative statement
objective case
helping verbs
exclamatory statement
20. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
8 types of pronouns
pronoun
compound sentence
noun compound
21. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
subject
second person
noun compound
idiom
22. Prepositions function as ___or ___
prepositional phrase
nominative case
active voice sentences
adverbs or adjectives
23. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
appositive
subordinating conjunction
interrogative statement
comparative adjective
24. 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
exclamatory statement
relative pronoun
predicate adjective
dependent clause
25. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
personal pronoun
exclamatory statement
Uses of 'that'
collective noun
26. Renames a noun
appositive
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
transitive verb
noun
27. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
interjection
objective case
linking verbs
participial phase
28. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
object of the preposition
transitive verb
imperative
noun
29. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
predicate adjective
collective noun
abstract noun
linking verbs
30. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
subjunctive
third person
nominal of a sentence
active voice sentences
31. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
indicative mood
pronoun reference errors
abstract noun
pronoun number error
32. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
compound sentence
demonstrative pronoun
indefinite pronoun
independent clause
33. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
Types of phrases
Run-on sentence
comparative adjective
simple sentence
34. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
imperative statement
sentence fragment
3 cases of pronouns
sentence
35. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
Parts of speech
nominal of a sentence
Progressive tense
past tense
36. 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.
imperative
pronoun reference errors
Types of phrases
subject
37. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
subordinating conjunction
noun compound
object
nominal of a sentence
38. 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
Uses of 'that'
preposition word
proper pronoun
comma splice
39. Describes subject
second person
predicate adjective
abstract noun
noun compound
40. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
future tense
Modifiers
sentence
first person
41. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
future tense
subordinating conjunction
pronoun errors
personal pronoun
42. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
adjective clause
compound sentence
exclamatory statement
concrete noun
43. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
Run-on sentence
Parts of speech
nominal of a sentence
gerund
44. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
Parts of sentences
demonstrative pronoun
Progressive tense
simple sentence
45. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
pronoun
nominative case
predicate noun
Parts of speech
46. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
compound sentence
Uses of 'that'
8 types of pronouns
subject of the sentence
47. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
proper pronoun
verb
dependent clause
48. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
Modifiers
objective case
concrete noun
predicate adjective
49. 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.
common noun names
Parts of sentences
participial phase
Parts of speech
50. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
Progressive tense
compound sentence
subordinating conjunction
interjection