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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question






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






3. 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.






4. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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)






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






28. 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)






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






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






31. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






36. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






41. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






45. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






50. 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







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