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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






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






3. 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)






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






5. 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."






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






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






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






9. (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






10. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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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24. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






40. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






44. Renames or describes the direct object






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






46. 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






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






48. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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