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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized






2. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when






3. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






11. 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)






12. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition






13. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






15. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






17. 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.






18. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






31. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






32. 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






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






34. (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






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






36. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






38. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






39. Prepositions function as ___or ___






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






47. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






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. Renames subject






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