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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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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.






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






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






4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






6. 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.






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






8. Verb used as a command






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






10. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






11. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb






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






13. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






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






15. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






16. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






28. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






29. (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






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






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






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






33. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles






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






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






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






37. 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)






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






44. Describes subject






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






46. 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."






47. A word that expresses action or a state of being






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






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