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Subjects
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business-skills
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of
complement
personal pronoun
gerund
Independent clauses
2. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly
dialect label
coordinating conjuctions
diacritical marks
idioms
3. Indicates present - the past & future
transitive verb
double negative
comma splice
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
4. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place
relative pronouns
present-perfect tense
direct object
present-prgressive tense
5. Used to express a fact
raise
indicative mood
independent adjectives
perfect tenses
6. Word often implied but not actually stated
preposition
comparison
singular noun
infinitive
7. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)
comparison
comparatives
essential (restrictive) clause
verbals
8. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them
appositives
accent
diacritical marks
linking verbs
9. Prepositional phrases
adverbs
Commas are used to set off
subjects of verbs are not found in
compund-complex sentence
10. To place (set - setting)
simple subject
lay
set
parenthetical clause
11. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)
dialect label
double negative
that clause
preposition
12. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause
possession
double negative
sentence fragment
verbs
13. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)
Separate 3 or more equally ranked elements in a series.
comparatives
correlative conjunctions
proper noun possessive plural
14. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being
subordinating conjunctions
gerund
demonstrative adjectives
verbs
15. To rest (sit - sat)
sit
complete predicate
comma splice
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
16. Used to show continuous or repeated action
transitive verb
abbreviations plural w/ s
progressive tenses
antecedents each & every
17. Used to express command
contractions
Require no comma
subjects joined by or or nor....
imperative mood
18. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)
total amount - quantities & measures are...
essential (restrictive) clause
'A number' is...
coordinating conjunctions
19. Expected to occur later
past participle
whom & whomever is objective-case form
future tense verb
double negative
20. Join equal parts of sentences
coordinating conjuctions
antecedents each & every
double negative
independent adjectives
21. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...
run-on sentence
double negative
Seperated by commas
parenthetical clause
22. Is singular
abbreviations plural w/ s
Followed by commas
progressive tenses
who & that clauses introduced by only one
23. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used
Commas
comparative degree
collective nouns
nonessential (nonrestrictive) clause
24. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing
parenthetical adverbs
simple subject
simple predicate
compund sentence
25. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)
passive voice
lay
independent adjectives
reference manuals
26. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations
passive voice
irregular vebs
unabridged dictionary
compound words possessive
27. Connecting words
sentence fragment
preposition
demonstrative adjectives
abridged dictionary
28. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses
diacritical marks
That refers to
irregular vebs
sentence fragment
29. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it
usage labels
conjunctive adverbs of 2 or more syllables should be followed with....
subjects of verbs are not found in
Add s - (attorneys)
30. Surviving from a previous period
perfect tenses
archaic label
raise
present-perfect tense
31. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements
Add s (duos)
complete predicate
contractions
raise
32. Singular
object of preposition
compound words possessive
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
total amount - quantities & measures are...
33. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away
demonstrative adjectives
subjects of verbs are not found in
Change to i - add es (supplies)
abridged dictionary
34. Used in certain countries or regions
thesaurus
inflected
abbreviations plural w/ s
dialect label
35. Words used in place of nouns
comparison
pronoun
active voice
gerund
36. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear
forms of adjectives & adverbs
concrete nouns
contractions
complete predicate
37. Add 's (Horowitz's)
'A number' is...
subjects joined by or or nor....
proper noun possesive singular
possession
38. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses
complete predicate
obsolete label
object of preposition
subordinating conjunctions
39. Who - whom - whose - which & that
conjunctive adverbs
correlative conjunctions
Make the second nound possessive - The husband and wife's business closes.
relative pronouns
40. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore
irregular vebs
intransitive verb
Make the second nound possessive - The husband and wife's business closes.
compund sentence
41. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb
active voice
A comma
verbs
compound words possessive
42. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?
imperative mood
personal pronoun
direct object
direct address
43. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)
dependent clauses
accent
infinitive
desk or college-level dictionary
44. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause
compund-complex sentence
inverted sentences
compund sentence
usage labels
45. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....
direct address
Are followed by a comma
superaltive degree
linking verbs
46. 2 nouns express separate ownership
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47. Is generally plural and requires plural verb
subjects joined by and.....
dependent clauses
simple predicate
Make the second nound possessive - The husband and wife's business closes.
48. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action
past participle
numbers & uppercase letters (except AIMU) add s
intransitive verb
essential (restrictive) clause
49. Musical terms ending in o
raise
Make the second nound possessive - The husband and wife's business closes.
Add s
Which refers to
50. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition
whom & whomever is objective-case form
Should be followed by a comma
demonstrative adjectives
raise