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






2. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






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






4. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






7. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






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






9. 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






10. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses






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






12. 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."






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






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






15. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal






16. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






17. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality






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






19. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose






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






21. 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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22. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






23. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those






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






25. A sentence that has one independent clause






26. Renames a noun






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






28. Tells what the subject is or does






29. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






30. 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.






31. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






33. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






34. Verb used as a command






35. 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)






36. Renames subject






37. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.






38. Describes subject






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






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






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






42. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying






43. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






44. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






45. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)






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






47. (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






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






49. Verbal acting like a noun






50. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)