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Grammar Fundamentals
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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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1. Renames or describes the direct object
exclamatory statement
adverbs or adjectives
object complement
antecedent
2. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
nominal of a sentence
Progressive tense
comparative adjective
positive adjective
3. 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)
predicate adjective
intransitive verb
Modifiers
noncountable noun
4. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
infinitive
object
imperative statement
Modifiers
5. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
Modifiers
absolute phase
verb
appositive
6. 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
nominal of a sentence
comma splice
gerund
dependent clause
7. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
proper pronoun
Sentence functions
common noun names
interrogative statement
8. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
imperative
object of the preposition
pronoun reference errors
9. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
comma splice
dependent clause
adjective clause
proper pronoun
10. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
3 cases of pronouns
interrogative pronoun
future tense
sentence
11. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
pronoun reference errors
countable noun
predicate adjective
Parts of sentences
12. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
pronoun errors
Sentence functions
active voice sentences
pronoun reference errors
13. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
demonstrative pronoun
adjective clause
sentence
pronoun errors
14. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
active voice sentences
pronoun
nominative case
Parts of sentences
15. Renames a noun
Non-coordinate adjectives
sentence fragment
common noun names
appositive
16. A word that expresses action or a state of being
first person
Sentence functions
verb
misplaced modifier
17. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
positive adjective
sentence fragment
Parts of sentences
pronoun number error
18. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
countable noun
second person
comparative adjective
preposition word
19. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
sentence fragment
antecedent
interjection
noncountable noun
20. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
object
verb
sentence
pronoun number error
21. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
Run-on sentence
predicate adjective
countable noun
compound sentence
22. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
misplaced modifier
adjective clause
comma splice
indefinite pronoun
23. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
subjunctive
compound sentence
demonstrative pronoun
relative pronoun
24. 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
active voice sentences
pronoun reference errors
declarative statement
personal pronoun
25. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
verb
noun
imperative statement
predicate
26. 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
indefinite pronoun
pronoun reference errors
adverb
declarative statement
27. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
transitive verb
predicate
Modifiers
subject of the sentence
28. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
Ranking order
Progressive tense
indirect object
8 types of pronouns
29. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
transitive verb
regular verb
Run-on sentence
object
30. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
pronoun errors
subjunctive
proper pronoun
split infinitive
31. 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.
collective noun
pronoun reference errors
intransitive verb
object complement
32. A sentence that makes a command
interrogative statement
imperative statement
object complement
helping verbs
33. Renames subject
subject
complex sentence
predicate noun
clause
34. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
subject of the sentence
clause
object of the preposition
misplaced modifier
35. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
object complement
Progressive tense
relative pronoun
interrogative pronoun
36. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
dependent clause
adjective clause
Parts of sentences
compound sentence
37. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
Simple sentences forms
nominal of a sentence
noun clauses
abstract noun
38. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
imperative statement
prepositional phrase
participial phase
demonstrative pronoun
39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
subject of the sentence
object complement
Simple sentences forms
declarative statement
40. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
noun compound
independent clause
predicate
collective noun
41. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
subordinating conjunction
compound sentence
second person
8 types of pronouns
42. 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
Uses of 'that'
preposition word
nominal of a sentence
adjective
43. Verb used as a command
collective noun
imperative
adjective
Modifiers
44. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
abstract noun
interjection
misplaced modifier
transitive verb
45. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
Uses of 'that'
simple sentence
noun compound
common noun names
46. 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)
Sentence functions
common noun names
third person
subordinating conjunction
47. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
split infinitive
subordinating conjunction
predicate adjective
pronoun
48. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
future tense
past tense
regular verb
compound sentence
49. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
Simple sentences forms
active voice sentences
Run-on sentence
predicate
50. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
linking verbs
pronoun number error
regular verb
first person