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Grammar Fundamentals
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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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1. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
indicative mood
object of the preposition
nominal of a sentence
interjection
2. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
exclamatory statement
independent clause
adverb
interjection
3. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
proper pronoun
future tense
exclamatory statement
8 types of pronouns
4. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
linking verbs
adverbs or adjectives
complex sentence
Parts of speech
5. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
pronoun reference errors
appositive
split infinitive
helping verbs
6. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
compound sentence
indefinite pronoun
object of the preposition
noun clauses
7. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
noncountable noun
Parts of sentences
Simple sentences forms
pronoun reference errors
8. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
compound sentence
indirect object
future tense
infinitive
9. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
sentence
antecedent
absolute phase
declarative statement
10. Describes subject
comma splice
predicate adjective
pronoun number error
imperative
11. 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
Simple sentences forms
dependent clause
active voice sentences
interrogative statement
12. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
adverb
intransitive verb
common noun names
comparative adjective
13. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
indirect object
future tense
helping verbs
split infinitive
14. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
prepositional phrase
participial phase
preposition word
interrogative pronoun
15. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
adjective
preposition word
idiom
concrete noun
16. Prepositions function as ___or ___
3 cases of pronouns
linking verbs
adverbs or adjectives
active voice sentences
17. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
countable noun
second person
objective case
third person
18. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
adverb
objective case
subordinating conjunction
transitive verb
19. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
independent clause
predicate
antecedent
nominative case
20. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
future tense
interrogative statement
subject
absolute phase
21. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
interrogative statement
subordinating conjunction
abstract noun
future tense
22. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
pronoun
noun
indicative mood
helping verbs
23. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
compound sentence
subject of the sentence
object complement
noun
24. Renames or describes the direct object
pronoun number error
object complement
participial phase
antecedent
25. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
pronoun reference errors
pronoun number error
Modifiers
independent clause
26. 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
third person
pronoun
personal pronoun
Non-coordinate adjectives
27. 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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28. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
clause
subjunctive
comparative adjective
abstract noun
29. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
idiom
adjective
Non-coordinate adjectives
Run-on sentence
30. 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."
subjunctive
Non-coordinate adjectives
Modifiers
misplaced modifier
31. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
comma splice
subordinating conjunction
personal pronoun
gerund
32. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
interrogative statement
transitive verb
Run-on sentence
3 cases of pronouns
33. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
pronoun reference errors
predicate
compound sentence
split infinitive
34. Renames a noun
appositive
adjective
phrase
noun clauses
35. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
clause
subjunctive
transitive verb
Simple sentences forms
36. A sentence that makes a command
imperative statement
indicative mood
comparative adjective
adverbs or adjectives
37. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
collective noun
subject of the sentence
past tense
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
38. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
indirect object
Types of phrases
object of the preposition
phrase
39. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
phrase
linking verbs
infinitive
subordinating conjunction
40. Verb used as a command
third person
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
phrase
imperative
41. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
imperative
subordinating conjunction
countable noun
noun compound
42. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
helping verbs
imperative
Ranking order
noun clauses
43. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
antecedent
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
infinitive
comparative adjective
44. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
proper pronoun
noun clauses
first person
dependent clause
45. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
Uses of 'that'
concrete noun
subject
46. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
pronoun
noun compound
nominative case
pronoun errors
47. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
adverbs or adjectives
participial phase
sentence fragment
subject of the sentence
48. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
indirect object
Modifiers
complex sentence
sentence fragment
49. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
objective case
3 cases of pronouns
split infinitive
misplaced modifier
50. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
8 types of pronouns
interrogative statement
noncountable noun
Run-on sentence