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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






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






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






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






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






6. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






8. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






10. Tells what the subject is or does






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






16. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






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






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






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






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






21. Renames or describes the direct object






22. 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)






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






24. 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."






25. Verb used as a command






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






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






28. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






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






34. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






40. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






42. 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)






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






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






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






46. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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