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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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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 word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






18. Renames or describes the direct object






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






20. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






21. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






24. 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)






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






26. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






27. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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)






35. 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






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






37. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






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






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






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






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






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






43. (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






44. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






47. 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.






48. Describes subject






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






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