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Grammar Fundamentals

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






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






3. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






4. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






5. 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






6. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






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






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






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






20. Describes subject






21. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






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






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






24. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






25. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






27. Verbal acting like a noun






28. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






30. 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






31. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality






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






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






34. Renames subject






35. A phrase beginning with a verb that describes the subject - e.g. Walking home from school - River Tam stopped by the store and bought candy.






36. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






37. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






38. (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






39. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






40. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






47. A sentence that has one independent clause






48. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






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






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