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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Renames a noun






7. 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)






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






9. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






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






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






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






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






14. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized






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






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






17. (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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






25. 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






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






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






28. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






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






31. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






34. Tells what the subject is or does






35. Describes subject






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






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






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






39. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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. Renames subject






47. 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."






48. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






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






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