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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. (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






9. Renames or describes the direct object






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Renames a noun






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






16. 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






17. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






39. Prepositions function as ___or ___






40. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






41. 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)






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






43. 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."






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






45. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






46. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






49. Verbal acting like a noun






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