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Grammar Fundamentals
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1. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
adverb
comparative adjective
participial phase
interjection
2. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
past tense
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
adjective
comma splice
3. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
adverb
Run-on sentence
pronoun errors
interrogative statement
4. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
collective noun
positive adjective
interrogative statement
participial phase
5. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
demonstrative pronoun
exclamatory statement
prepositional phrase
compound sentence
6. Verbal acting like a noun
Types of phrases
second person
gerund
pronoun number error
7. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
sentence
personal pronoun
imperative
declarative statement
8. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
subject
Ranking order
third person
9. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
Simple sentences forms
subordinating conjunction
appositive
nominative case
10. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
pronoun number error
indefinite pronoun
3 cases of pronouns
11. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
Parts of sentences
future tense
noun
subjunctive
12. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
adjective clause
proper pronoun
nominative case
object
13. 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)
linking verbs
predicate noun
pronoun number error
third person
14. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
first person
proper pronoun
subordinating conjunction
interrogative statement
15. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
linking verbs
abstract noun
indefinite pronoun
Types of phrases
16. 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."
misplaced modifier
3 cases of pronouns
Non-coordinate adjectives
Sentence functions
17. 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)
Uses of 'that'
intransitive verb
3 cases of pronouns
interrogative statement
18. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
indirect object
pronoun number error
subjunctive
comma splice
19. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
gerund
interrogative pronoun
transitive verb
regular verb
20. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
phrase
misplaced modifier
verb
common noun names
21. (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 errors
pronoun
misplaced modifier
interjection
22. Renames subject
personal pronoun
object complement
predicate noun
preposition word
23. Tells what the subject is or does
predicate
demonstrative pronoun
3 cases of pronouns
infinitive
24. 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
Parts of speech
dependent clause
exclamatory statement
phrase
25. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
transitive verb
pronoun
compound sentence
phrase
26. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
past tense
gerund
adjective
subjunctive
27. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
subordinating conjunction
first person
phrase
relative pronoun
28. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
Non-coordinate adjectives
Ranking order
sentence
29. Describes subject
personal pronoun
predicate adjective
Non-coordinate adjectives
declarative statement
30. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
adverb
pronoun reference errors
helping verbs
Run-on sentence
31. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
interjection
8 types of pronouns
adverb
object
32. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
noun clauses
regular verb
exclamatory statement
Run-on sentence
33. A sentence that makes a command
dependent clause
predicate noun
appositive
imperative statement
34. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
subordinating conjunction
nominal of a sentence
future tense
objective case
35. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
Modifiers
complex sentence
gerund
Parts of speech
36. 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.
participial phase
noun compound
noun clauses
transitive verb
37. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
subjunctive
Parts of speech
indicative mood
adjective
38. 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
Progressive tense
positive adjective
personal pronoun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
39. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
abstract noun
subordinating conjunction
countable noun
idiom
40. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
Parts of sentences
noun
linking verbs
adverbs or adjectives
41. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
countable noun
concrete noun
indirect object
common noun names
42. 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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43. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
imperative statement
complex sentence
Sentence functions
indicative mood
44. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
idiom
predicate
pronoun
sentence fragment
45. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
appositive
indicative mood
gerund
idiom
46. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
idiom
prepositional phrase
abstract noun
active voice sentences
47. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
misplaced modifier
appositive
split infinitive
absolute phase
48. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
past tense
sentence fragment
complex sentence
declarative statement
49. Renames or describes the direct object
Parts of speech
object complement
indefinite pronoun
subjunctive
50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
adjective clause
third person
Ranking order
Types of phrases
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