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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
pronoun number error
subject of the sentence
Sentence functions
imperative statement
2. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
misplaced modifier
helping verbs
nominal of a sentence
transitive verb
3. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
split infinitive
helping verbs
interrogative statement
adjective
4. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
misplaced modifier
past tense
verb
Ranking order
5. 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
object of the preposition
indefinite pronoun
third person
proper pronoun
6. Renames or describes the direct object
subject
object complement
noun compound
Ranking order
7. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
Uses of 'that'
predicate noun
Types of phrases
8. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
participial phase
imperative statement
3 cases of pronouns
Simple sentences forms
9. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
object
common noun names
indefinite pronoun
Parts of sentences
10. 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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11. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
countable noun
positive adjective
pronoun errors
interjection
12. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
exclamatory statement
noun compound
past tense
Sentence functions
13. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
dependent clause
object of the preposition
adjective
pronoun reference errors
14. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
indefinite pronoun
Types of phrases
abstract noun
split infinitive
15. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
second person
3 cases of pronouns
past tense
complex sentence
16. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
transitive verb
Parts of speech
Types of phrases
Parts of sentences
17. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
adjective
noncountable noun
object
abstract noun
18. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
object of the preposition
proper pronoun
Parts of sentences
sentence
19. 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."
phrase
declarative statement
misplaced modifier
infinitive
20. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
infinitive
second person
declarative statement
proper pronoun
21. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
active voice sentences
verb
appositive
Ranking order
22. 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.
Parts of sentences
noncountable noun
transitive verb
pronoun reference errors
23. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
Modifiers
independent clause
antecedent
noun
24. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
subjunctive
indirect object
object of the preposition
Sentence functions
25. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
compound sentence
Simple sentences forms
noncountable noun
Ranking order
26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
nominal of a sentence
clause
linking verbs
Simple sentences forms
27. Renames subject
predicate noun
countable noun
comparative adjective
past tense
28. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
phrase
subjunctive
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
misplaced modifier
29. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
countable noun
comma splice
common noun names
noun clauses
30. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
Uses of 'that'
simple sentence
noun clauses
third person
31. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
participial phase
Progressive tense
subject
pronoun
32. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
subject
compound sentence
common noun names
pronoun number error
33. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
interjection
interrogative pronoun
clause
past tense
34. A sentence that has one independent clause
phrase
second person
compound sentence
simple sentence
35. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
subject
noun
noun compound
Progressive tense
36. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
interrogative statement
intransitive verb
8 types of pronouns
regular verb
37. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
independent clause
common noun names
countable noun
comparative adjective
38. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
idiom
Modifiers
predicate adjective
39. (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
pronoun
object complement
first person
comma splice
40. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
demonstrative pronoun
linking verbs
future tense
interrogative statement
41. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
noncountable noun
antecedent
sentence fragment
dependent clause
42. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
adjective clause
Run-on sentence
compound sentence
third person
43. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
Types of phrases
subjunctive
exclamatory statement
sentence fragment
44. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
compound sentence
pronoun errors
Non-coordinate adjectives
Sentence functions
45. Verbal acting like a noun
absolute phase
infinitive
gerund
Ranking order
46. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
linking verbs
subject
nominal of a sentence
comma splice
47. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
past tense
preposition word
future tense
interjection
48. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
object complement
first person
phrase
helping verbs
49. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
common noun names
absolute phase
relative pronoun
compound sentence
50. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
3 cases of pronouns
interrogative pronoun
Uses of 'that'
noun compound