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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A word that expresses action or a state of being






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






3. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked






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






5. (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






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






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






8. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject






9. 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






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






11. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






13. 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






14. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)






15. Describes subject






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






17. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






18. Prepositions function as ___or ___






19. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us






20. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






22. Verb used as a command






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






24. Renames a noun






25. 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.






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






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






28. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






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






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






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






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






34. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






36. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






37. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






40. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






41. 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






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






43. A sentence that makes a command






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






45. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.






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






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






48. 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."






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






50. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.







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