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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






3. 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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4. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






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






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






7. 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






8. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Verbal acting like a noun






16. 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






17. Describes subject






18. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






21. Renames a noun






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






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






24. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






28. A sentence that has one independent clause






29. Renames subject






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






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






32. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






35. (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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






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







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