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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. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






2. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






3. 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)






4. 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.






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






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






7. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






9. Tells what the subject is or does






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






11. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






13. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






16. 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."






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






18. Renames or describes the direct object






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






20. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject






21. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






29. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb






30. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Describes subject






40. 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






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






42. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






46. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become






47. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate






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






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






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