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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






15. Renames a noun






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






32. A sentence that makes a command






33. Renames subject






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






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






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






37. A word or group of words that can function as a noun






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






39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






40. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






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






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






43. Verb used as a command






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






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






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)






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






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






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






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