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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






12. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






14. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






17. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






27. Verbal acting like a noun






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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)






36. Renames subject






37. 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






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






39. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






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






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






43. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






44. (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






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






46. Verb used as a command






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






48. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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