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Grammar Fundamentals
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
8 types of pronouns
gerund
pronoun reference errors
Modifiers
2. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
pronoun
independent clause
helping verbs
compound sentence
3. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
proper pronoun
demonstrative pronoun
phrase
subjunctive
4. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
proper pronoun
noun
appositive
comma splice
5. Describes subject
first person
collective noun
predicate adjective
second person
6. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
noun
object complement
adjective
positive adjective
7. 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)
prepositional phrase
personal pronoun
predicate adjective
third person
8. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
idiom
interrogative statement
second person
exclamatory statement
9. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
future tense
split infinitive
Simple sentences forms
clause
10. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
predicate noun
Modifiers
second person
prepositional phrase
11. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
split infinitive
intransitive verb
interrogative statement
Simple sentences forms
12. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
regular verb
verb
independent clause
complex sentence
13. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
adjective clause
subjunctive
Uses of 'that'
countable noun
14. 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."
compound sentence
indicative mood
misplaced modifier
compound sentence
15. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
Modifiers
prepositional phrase
object of the preposition
interjection
16. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
proper pronoun
noun compound
predicate noun
complex sentence
17. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
Parts of sentences
imperative statement
3 cases of pronouns
subordinating conjunction
18. Renames subject
3 cases of pronouns
predicate
Ranking order
predicate noun
19. 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
predicate adjective
predicate
dependent clause
exclamatory statement
20. Verb used as a command
personal pronoun
third person
active voice sentences
imperative
21. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
object complement
interjection
Sentence functions
interrogative statement
22. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
Non-coordinate adjectives
interjection
Uses of 'that'
object
23. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
predicate noun
pronoun reference errors
common noun names
collective noun
24. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
subject of the sentence
declarative statement
8 types of pronouns
Simple sentences forms
25. Tells what the subject is or does
predicate
subject of the sentence
compound sentence
nominal of a sentence
26. A word that expresses action or a state of being
collective noun
subject of the sentence
object of the preposition
verb
27. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
transitive verb
comma splice
phrase
noun
28. Renames or describes the direct object
object complement
gerund
noun clauses
adverb
29. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
3 cases of pronouns
linking verbs
prepositional phrase
active voice sentences
30. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
subject of the sentence
complex sentence
prepositional phrase
31. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
nominative case
interrogative statement
comparative adjective
compound sentence
32. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
Non-coordinate adjectives
misplaced modifier
future tense
indefinite pronoun
33. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
abstract noun
Run-on sentence
subject
objective case
34. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
personal pronoun
antecedent
noun
35. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
abstract noun
subject
exclamatory statement
clause
36. 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
verb
compound sentence
personal pronoun
object
37. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
Ranking order
objective case
prepositional phrase
Non-coordinate adjectives
38. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
relative pronoun
predicate
subordinating conjunction
subject of the sentence
39. 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)
intransitive verb
active voice sentences
Ranking order
pronoun number error
40. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
collective noun
subject of the sentence
split infinitive
pronoun reference errors
41. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
noun clauses
gerund
simple sentence
42. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
complex sentence
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
personal pronoun
indicative mood
43. Verbal acting like a noun
object
nominative case
gerund
complex sentence
44. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
absolute phase
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
comma splice
45. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
nominative case
Run-on sentence
subject of the sentence
subject
46. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
sentence
concrete noun
Ranking order
gerund
47. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
indirect object
comparative adjective
Uses of 'that'
gerund
48. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
sentence fragment
Types of phrases
Uses of 'that'
first person
49. A sentence that makes a command
Simple sentences forms
abstract noun
imperative statement
compound sentence
50. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
past tense
absolute phase
indicative mood
helping verbs