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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question






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






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






4. Verbal acting like a noun






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






6. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






8. Renames or describes the direct object






9. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






11. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






16. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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. Tells what the subject is or does






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






22. A sentence that has one independent clause






23. Renames subject






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






25. 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






26. Renames a noun






27. 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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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)






37. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Describes subject






50. A sentence that makes a command