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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"






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






12. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






16. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






19. Prepositions function as ___or ___






20. 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






21. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






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






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






24. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






25. Renames subject






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






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






28. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






29. Tells what the subject is or does






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






31. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






32. Renames or describes the direct object






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






34. 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






35. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question






36. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






37. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb






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






39. 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)






40. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)






41. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






47. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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