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Grammar Fundamentals
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english
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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. 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."
misplaced modifier
relative pronoun
subordinating conjunction
active voice sentences
2. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
idiom
active voice sentences
collective noun
adjective
3. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
3 cases of pronouns
idiom
helping verbs
subordinating conjunction
4. 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
linking verbs
Uses of 'that'
intransitive verb
dependent clause
5. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
split infinitive
sentence fragment
object complement
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
6. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
transitive verb
Parts of sentences
object complement
pronoun errors
7. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
adverb
clause
transitive verb
exclamatory statement
8. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
antecedent
gerund
compound sentence
interrogative statement
9. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
dependent clause
infinitive
exclamatory statement
collective noun
10. Renames a noun
concrete noun
appositive
Non-coordinate adjectives
active voice sentences
11. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
noun
object of the preposition
Run-on sentence
compound sentence
12. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
independent clause
verb
nominal of a sentence
object of the preposition
13. Renames or describes the direct object
compound sentence
compound sentence
gerund
object complement
14. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
participial phase
indefinite pronoun
transitive verb
relative pronoun
15. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
subject
Uses of 'that'
linking verbs
prepositional phrase
16. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
infinitive
active voice sentences
indirect object
countable noun
17. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
predicate noun
Parts of sentences
phrase
object of the preposition
18. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
comma splice
abstract noun
exclamatory statement
participial phase
19. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
abstract noun
noun compound
Non-coordinate adjectives
regular verb
20. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
idiom
declarative statement
pronoun
concrete noun
21. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
object
absolute phase
independent clause
pronoun errors
22. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
infinitive
antecedent
noun compound
abstract noun
23. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
first person
gerund
personal pronoun
Parts of sentences
24. 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)
third person
indicative mood
helping verbs
regular verb
25. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
preposition word
pronoun
nominative case
objective case
26. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
noncountable noun
second person
imperative
indirect object
27. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
Ranking order
subject of the sentence
nominative case
indirect object
28. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
appositive
pronoun number error
sentence fragment
object of the preposition
29. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
relative pronoun
linking verbs
compound sentence
abstract noun
30. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
clause
verb
positive adjective
demonstrative pronoun
31. 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.)
32. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
nominative case
sentence fragment
compound sentence
adverb
33. 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
Parts of sentences
gerund
second person
34. 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.
pronoun reference errors
imperative
Simple sentences forms
complex sentence
35. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
adverbs or adjectives
comparative adjective
Parts of speech
clause
36. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
adjective
dependent clause
object of the preposition
split infinitive
37. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
Modifiers
third person
Run-on sentence
comparative adjective
38. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
countable noun
pronoun number error
prepositional phrase
compound sentence
39. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
regular verb
positive adjective
clause
imperative
40. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
adjective clause
declarative statement
Uses of 'that'
41. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
Non-coordinate adjectives
3 cases of pronouns
past tense
adverbs or adjectives
42. A sentence that makes a command
second person
linking verbs
exclamatory statement
imperative statement
43. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
Parts of sentences
collective noun
adjective clause
preposition word
44. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
Simple sentences forms
pronoun errors
transitive verb
pronoun reference errors
45. 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)
countable noun
intransitive verb
concrete noun
transitive verb
46. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
past tense
subject
concrete noun
sentence fragment
47. Verb used as a command
imperative
relative pronoun
pronoun errors
split infinitive
48. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
predicate
concrete noun
personal pronoun
simple sentence
49. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
subordinating conjunction
phrase
active voice sentences
verb
50. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
nominative case
Simple sentences forms
abstract noun
intransitive verb