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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. 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






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






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






4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






5. Tells what the subject is or does






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






7. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






12. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






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






15. Renames a noun






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






17. A sentence that makes a command






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






19. 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)






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






43. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






44. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






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






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