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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)
predicate adjective
second person
third person
sentence
2. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
past tense
collective noun
regular verb
Parts of sentences
3. Describes subject
predicate adjective
gerund
interrogative pronoun
common noun names
4. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
sentence
concrete noun
first person
interrogative statement
5. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
exclamatory statement
collective noun
interrogative pronoun
linking verbs
6. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
indirect object
sentence
Uses of 'that'
absolute phase
7. 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
dependent clause
collective noun
imperative statement
helping verbs
8. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
interjection
past tense
subject
sentence fragment
9. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
adjective clause
personal pronoun
Ranking order
indirect object
10. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
Simple sentences forms
indefinite pronoun
8 types of pronouns
clause
11. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
countable noun
exclamatory statement
personal pronoun
interrogative statement
12. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
objective case
gerund
first person
13. 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.
objective case
indefinite pronoun
predicate noun
pronoun reference errors
14. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
noncountable noun
Ranking order
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
comma splice
15. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
intransitive verb
declarative statement
simple sentence
helping verbs
16. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
common noun names
third person
first person
comma splice
17. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
predicate noun
pronoun errors
compound sentence
18. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
idiom
phrase
intransitive verb
predicate noun
19. 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.
object of the preposition
nominal of a sentence
participial phase
pronoun reference errors
20. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
gerund
adjective clause
objective case
imperative
21. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
object
8 types of pronouns
Parts of sentences
indicative mood
22. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
noun clauses
Sentence functions
dependent clause
interjection
23. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
antecedent
adjective clause
simple sentence
collective noun
24. 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
preposition word
absolute phase
split infinitive
intransitive verb
25. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
linking verbs
pronoun number error
Non-coordinate adjectives
adjective
26. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
prepositional phrase
noun clauses
indirect object
gerund
27. Renames a noun
transitive verb
appositive
sentence fragment
Uses of 'that'
28. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
adverb
past tense
objective case
infinitive
29. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
countable noun
pronoun number error
object
noun compound
30. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
positive adjective
Types of phrases
subject of the sentence
Sentence functions
31. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
adverb
interrogative statement
nominative case
relative pronoun
32. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
concrete noun
pronoun reference errors
participial phase
33. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
indirect object
future tense
infinitive
transitive verb
34. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
imperative statement
Non-coordinate adjectives
Types of phrases
interjection
35. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
comparative adjective
active voice sentences
participial phase
Parts of speech
36. Verb used as a command
sentence
imperative statement
imperative
adverbs or adjectives
37. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
8 types of pronouns
dependent clause
independent clause
38. A sentence that makes a command
pronoun number error
subject
object
imperative statement
39. 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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40. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
preposition word
comma splice
exclamatory statement
transitive verb
41. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
comparative adjective
Run-on sentence
linking verbs
42. 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)
intransitive verb
object complement
linking verbs
countable noun
43. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
declarative statement
interrogative pronoun
regular verb
pronoun errors
44. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
Simple sentences forms
personal pronoun
nominal of a sentence
future tense
45. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
countable noun
relative pronoun
positive adjective
dependent clause
46. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
interjection
preposition word
relative pronoun
common noun names
47. 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."
subject
predicate noun
abstract noun
misplaced modifier
48. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
idiom
infinitive
declarative statement
3 cases of pronouns
49. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
3 cases of pronouns
demonstrative pronoun
compound sentence
transitive verb
50. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
Ranking order
imperative
pronoun number error
Progressive tense