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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb






2. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






19. Renames subject






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






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






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






23. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






28. Renames a noun






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






30. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"






31. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






37. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






40. 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






41. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Subjective - Objective - Possessive







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