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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A sentence that has one independent clause






2. Renames a noun






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






4. Renames subject






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






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






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






8. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)






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






10. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






11. 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."






12. Point of view presents the events of the story from a narrator's point of view (he - she - it - they - them - their - her - his - or character's names are used)






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






14. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






19. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






21. 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)






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






32. Tells what the subject is or does






33. 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.






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






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






36. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






41. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






44. Renames or describes the direct object






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






46. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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