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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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1. Indicates present - the past & future
conjunctions
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
dependent clauses
complete predicate
2. 2000s - All Bs and Cs
sit
numbers & uppercase letters (except AIMU) add s
inverted sentences
past-progressive tense
3. Warn about the use of certain words
usage labels
present-prgressive tense
reference manuals
parenthetical clause
4. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun
possessive (plural ends with s)
correlative conjunctions
independent adjectives
sit
5. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent
simple predicate
sentence fragment
essential (restrictive) clause
direct address
6. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal
colloquial or informal label
coordinating conjuctions
compund-complex sentence
rise
7. Plural
you can omit the comma when the sentence is up to 13 words
independent adjectives
Seperated by commas
individual units that can ve counted - quantities & measures are....
8. Can stand alone
Independent clauses
subjunctive mood
Make both nouns possessive; Michelle's and Sam's phones rang.
present tense verb
9. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it
Add s (duos)
raise
future tense verb
object of preposition
10. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause
antecedents
comma splice
copyright date
sentence fragment
11. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)
infinitive
present-perfect tense
contractions
comparatives
12. 2 nouns express separate ownership
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13. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....
Germanys - Januarys
gerund
A comma should be used
individual units that can ve counted - quantities & measures are....
14. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least
superaltive degree
total amount - quantities & measures are...
double negative
thesaurus
15. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them
simple predicate
abridged dictionary
preposition
run-on sentence
16. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about
object of preposition
Comma
possessive (singular)
indicative mood
17. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas
active voice
nonessential (nonrestrictive) clause
etymology
Set off by commas
18. Singular uses singular verb
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19. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things
common nouns
parenthetical words - phrases & clauses
who & that clauses introduced by only one
future-progressive tense
20. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')
preposition
possessive (plural ends with s)
concrete nouns
who & that clauses introduced by only one
21. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...
gerund rule
Seperated by commas
Add es
transitive verb
22. Used to express a fact
Commas
forms of adjectives & adverbs
indicative mood
collective nouns
23. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions
indirect object
complex sentence
complement
future-perfect tense
24. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)
parenthetical words - phrases & clauses
common nouns
conjunctions
Independent clauses
25. Describes past actions that took place before other past action
The comma
conjunctions
subordinating conjunctions
past-perfect tense
26. Adds additional info to sentence
subjects joined by or or nor....
parenthetical clause
collective nouns
active voice
27. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries
pocket dictionary
conjunctions
present participle
who & that clauses introduced by one of
28. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.
abbreviations plural w/ s
comparative degree
Independent clauses
infinitive
29. Answers To whom? To what? For what?
participle
indirect object
who & whoever is subjective-case form
conjunctive adverbs of 2 or more syllables should be followed with....
30. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present
present-perfect tense
common nouns
abbreviations plural w/ s
past participle
31. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place
present-prgressive tense
Are followed by a comma
use a singular verb when the subject of a sentence is...
appositives
32. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them
interjections
perfect tenses
linking verbs
essential (restrictive) clause
33. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)
Which refers to
compound words possessive
lie
independent adjectives
34. When addresses are written in sentence form....
reflexive pronouns
parenthetical clause
Separate the parts of the address w/ commas
linking verbs
35. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular
antecedents each & every
that clause
appositives
common nouns
36. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma
past-progressive tense
simple predicate
complex sentence
reflexive pronouns
37. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less
Add s
definite article
transitive verb
comparative degree
38. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about
direct address
unabridged dictionary
Are repeated for emphasis & words that may be misread if not separated.
infinitive
39. Prepositional phrases
colloquial or informal label
The comma
demonstrative adjectives
subjects of verbs are not found in
40. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb
complement
present tense verb
colloquial or informal label
infinitive
41. Plural uses plural verb
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42. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words
subjective-case pronoun
complex sentence
preposition
collective nouns
43. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)
simple subject
desk or college-level dictionary
double negative
verbals
44. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements
proper noun possesive singular
complete predicate
comparison
future tense verb
45. Words expressing strong feelings
interjections
proper nouns ending in s - x - z - ch - sh - add es
Seperated by commas
perfect tenses
46. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant
Change to i - add es (supplies)
interjections
adjectives
preposition
47. When one noun possess another
A comma should be used
use a singular verb when the subject of a sentence is...
superaltive degree
possession
48. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)
usage labels
Commas are used to set off
accent
etymology
49. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)
plural nouns
sentence fragment
Are repeated for emphasis & words that may be misread if not separated.
correlative conjunctions
50. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject
Seperated by commas
conjunctive adverbs
inflected
passive voice