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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






2. 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






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






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






5. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






6. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"






7. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






8. A sentence that has one independent clause






9. Describes subject






10. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






16. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those






17. 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."






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






19. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






20. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does






21. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






23. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.






24. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.






25. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






27. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






28. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






30. Renames a noun






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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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36. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






37. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






38. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question






39. A sentence that makes a command






40. Verb used as a command






41. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






42. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






43. Renames or describes the direct object






44. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






45. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






46. Tells what the subject is or does






47. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal






48. (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






49. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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