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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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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. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






3. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






7. 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)






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






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






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






11. Describes subject






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. A sentence that has one independent clause






17. Renames a noun






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






19. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






21. Renames or describes the direct object






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






23. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






34. 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)






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






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






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






38. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






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






40. A sentence that makes a command






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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