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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






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






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






4. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






5. 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






6. Renames or describes the direct object






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






8. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






14. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






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






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






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






18. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






19. 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."






20. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






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






22. 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.






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






24. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






27. Renames subject






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






29. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






30. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun






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






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






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






34. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






39. (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






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






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






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






43. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






45. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






50. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which