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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






2. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






4. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






5. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun






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






15. 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






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






17. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.






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






19. 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.






20. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






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






22. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying






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






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






25. Renames a noun






26. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






29. (Stands for a noun) I - me - mine - you - your - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its - we - us - our/ours - they - them - their/theirs






30. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






31. Renames or describes the direct object






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






33. Renames subject






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






35. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






37. 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."






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






39. 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






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






41. Tells what the subject is or does






42. 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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43. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us






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






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






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






47. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb






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






49. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject






50. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma