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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb






2. 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






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






4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






15. 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






16. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






19. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






22. Verb used as a command






23. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal






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






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






26. 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)






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






28. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)






29. 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.






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






31. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






35. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted






36. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






42. (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






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






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






45. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






47. 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)






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






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






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