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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






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






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






4. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.






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






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






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






8. (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






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






10. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






28. Describes subject






29. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A sentence that has one independent clause






39. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






42. 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."






43. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






46. 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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47. 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)






48. 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






49. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')






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