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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Takes the place of a noun or nouns; they show number and gender; example: singular: I - me - my - mine - you - your - yours - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its / plural: we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - they - them - their - the






2. 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






3. Verb used as a command






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






5. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






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






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






8. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






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






14. Renames a noun






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






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






17. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition






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






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






20. A sentence that makes a command






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






22. A word or group of words that can function as a noun






23. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






24. (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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






32. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






41. Tells what the subject is or does






42. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






43. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






45. 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)






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






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






48. 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)






49. 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."






50. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative







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