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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






14. 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.)


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






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






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






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. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






24. (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






25. A sentence that has one independent clause






26. 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






27. Renames subject






28. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






29. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






30. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






35. Describes subject






36. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






45. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






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