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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Tells what the subject is or does






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






12. 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)






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






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






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






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






17. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






20. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles






21. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






23. 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






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






25. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






31. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






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






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






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






35. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.






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






42. 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."






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






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






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






46. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






48. (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






49. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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