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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes






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






3. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






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






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






6. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






8. 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."






9. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






11. Describes subject






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Tells what the subject is or does






18. 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.






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






20. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. A sentence that has one independent clause






26. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become






27. A sentence that makes a command






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Renames subject






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






34. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






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






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






37. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






41. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses






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






43. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






45. Renames a noun






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






47. 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






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






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






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