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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)






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






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






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






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






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






7. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






10. Describes subject






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Renames or describes the direct object






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






26. 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






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






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






30. 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."






31. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






34. Renames a noun






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






36. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






40. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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