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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. 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






2. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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."






9. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






13. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






15. Verbal acting like a noun






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






17. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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






22. Describes subject






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






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






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






26. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






29. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






32. A sentence that makes a command






33. 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)






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






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






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






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. Verb used as a command






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






40. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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