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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. (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






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






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






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






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






6. Verbal acting like a noun






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






8. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






11. 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)






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






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






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






15. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






16. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






22. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






28. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Renames a noun






39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






40. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






41. A sentence that has one independent clause






42. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






45. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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







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