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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
Ranking order
positive adjective
pronoun
independent clause
2. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
indirect object
8 types of pronouns
compound sentence
adjective clause
3. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
nominative case
indirect object
predicate noun
4. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
pronoun errors
demonstrative pronoun
appositive
indicative mood
5. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
adverb
first person
active voice sentences
comparative adjective
6. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
pronoun number error
noncountable noun
noun clauses
verb
7. 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
dependent clause
pronoun
interrogative pronoun
phrase
8. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
adverbs or adjectives
noncountable noun
noun compound
Non-coordinate adjectives
9. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
subordinating conjunction
indefinite pronoun
transitive verb
adverb
10. 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
subject of the sentence
predicate
noun clauses
preposition word
11. A sentence that has one independent clause
indefinite pronoun
split infinitive
personal pronoun
simple sentence
12. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
relative pronoun
8 types of pronouns
adjective clause
future tense
13. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
subject of the sentence
helping verbs
regular verb
linking verbs
14. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
adverbs or adjectives
sentence fragment
adjective
15. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
clause
Parts of speech
subject
objective case
16. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
future tense
nominal of a sentence
interrogative pronoun
regular verb
17. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
infinitive
adjective clause
phrase
antecedent
18. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
dependent clause
objective case
pronoun number error
third person
19. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
infinitive
regular verb
predicate noun
comma splice
20. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
compound sentence
comparative adjective
interrogative pronoun
nominal of a sentence
21. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
nominative case
exclamatory statement
Simple sentences forms
imperative statement
22. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
clause
countable noun
comma splice
imperative
23. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
abstract noun
phrase
transitive verb
antecedent
24. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
Uses of 'that'
compound sentence
subordinating conjunction
personal pronoun
25. 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
first person
Simple sentences forms
indefinite pronoun
nominal of a sentence
26. Describes subject
idiom
clause
Types of phrases
predicate adjective
27. (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
adverb
pronoun
sentence fragment
noncountable noun
28. Tells what the subject is or does
subjunctive
predicate
misplaced modifier
adjective
29. 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
complex sentence
subject of the sentence
personal pronoun
Ranking order
30. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
subjunctive
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
subject
noun compound
31. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
past tense
pronoun number error
proper pronoun
noun
32. 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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33. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
past tense
adjective
regular verb
8 types of pronouns
34. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative statement
object of the preposition
Run-on sentence
Simple sentences forms
35. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
Modifiers
Types of phrases
subject of the sentence
imperative statement
36. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
noncountable noun
absolute phase
idiom
transitive verb
37. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
simple sentence
subject
absolute phase
independent clause
38. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
interjection
sentence
antecedent
positive adjective
39. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
third person
declarative statement
relative pronoun
adverbs or adjectives
40. 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.
Run-on sentence
relative pronoun
participial phase
object of the preposition
41. Renames subject
interrogative pronoun
interrogative statement
adverb
predicate noun
42. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
pronoun number error
interrogative statement
regular verb
43. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
linking verbs
indefinite pronoun
comma splice
absolute phase
44. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
pronoun
Types of phrases
predicate noun
third person
45. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
Sentence functions
absolute phase
concrete noun
demonstrative pronoun
46. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
phrase
pronoun
relative pronoun
Parts of speech
47. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
adjective
intransitive verb
Types of phrases
sentence fragment
48. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
pronoun errors
interrogative statement
split infinitive
abstract noun
49. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
subjunctive
personal pronoun
noun
linking verbs
50. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
pronoun number error
predicate noun
appositive
helping verbs