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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. 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."






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






16. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






19. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Verbal acting like a noun






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






29. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






32. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






33. Tells what the subject is or does






34. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






37. (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






38. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






43. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






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






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






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