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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A sentence that makes a command






2. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






8. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






13. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






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






20. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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)






26. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






34. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






36. Renames subject






37. 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)






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






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






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






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






42. (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






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






44. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






49. Describes subject






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