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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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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. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted






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






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






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






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






8. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






20. Tells what the subject is or does






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. 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






23. 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)






24. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






30. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A sentence that makes a command






38. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






40. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Renames a noun






47. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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