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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us






2. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






5. 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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6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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."






12. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Verb used as a command






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






23. Renames subject






24. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






28. 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)






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






30. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






39. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Renames or describes the direct object






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. Subjective - Objective - Possessive