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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject






2. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






6. Renames or describes the direct object






7. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






9. Renames a noun






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






18. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






20. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






38. 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






39. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






41. A sentence that has one independent clause






42. Prepositions function as ___or ___






43. 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)






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






45. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become






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






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






48. 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.






49. Verbal acting like a noun






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