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Grammar Fundamentals
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1. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
Modifiers
indirect object
positive adjective
nominative case
2. 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.
pronoun errors
noun
adverbs or adjectives
pronoun reference errors
3. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
absolute phase
personal pronoun
phrase
4. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
indefinite pronoun
object
common noun names
complex sentence
5. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
noun clauses
object
comparative adjective
Progressive tense
6. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
sentence fragment
split infinitive
first person
intransitive verb
7. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
positive adjective
concrete noun
objective case
imperative statement
8. Verbal acting like a noun
transitive verb
objective case
common noun names
gerund
9. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
predicate adjective
split infinitive
subordinating conjunction
10. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
adjective clause
interrogative pronoun
demonstrative pronoun
verb
11. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Types of phrases
complex sentence
pronoun errors
object
12. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
noncountable noun
infinitive
subjunctive
subordinating conjunction
13. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
second person
personal pronoun
noun clauses
indefinite pronoun
14. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
helping verbs
concrete noun
complex sentence
first person
15. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
countable noun
indirect object
personal pronoun
Parts of speech
16. A sentence that makes a command
adverb
object complement
verb
imperative statement
17. 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.)
18. Renames or describes the direct object
antecedent
Ranking order
object complement
subject of the sentence
19. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
comma splice
phrase
indicative mood
Modifiers
20. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
abstract noun
nominal of a sentence
phrase
predicate noun
21. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
preposition word
future tense
Types of phrases
abstract noun
22. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
Sentence functions
subject of the sentence
subjunctive
interrogative pronoun
23. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
personal pronoun
indicative mood
interrogative statement
compound sentence
24. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
Parts of sentences
noun clauses
interrogative pronoun
25. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
object of the preposition
second person
absolute phase
infinitive
26. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
active voice sentences
interrogative statement
Sentence functions
independent clause
27. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
predicate adjective
past tense
future tense
indicative mood
28. Renames subject
nominative case
predicate noun
indirect object
third person
29. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
first person
object of the preposition
noun
Progressive tense
30. 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)
nominative case
proper pronoun
third person
Sentence functions
31. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
object
interrogative statement
misplaced modifier
dependent clause
32. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
independent clause
subordinating conjunction
regular verb
imperative
33. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
imperative
complex sentence
declarative statement
independent clause
34. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
noun
indicative mood
relative pronoun
objective case
35. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
objective case
antecedent
active voice sentences
object complement
36. Verb used as a command
imperative
Parts of speech
adjective clause
pronoun errors
37. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
transitive verb
indirect object
Sentence functions
collective noun
38. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
object complement
Sentence functions
independent clause
linking verbs
39. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
noun compound
positive adjective
past tense
indefinite pronoun
40. 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
misplaced modifier
comma splice
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
preposition word
41. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
Parts of speech
imperative statement
third person
comma splice
42. 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
first person
interrogative statement
indirect object
dependent clause
43. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
idiom
3 cases of pronouns
appositive
Simple sentences forms
44. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
noncountable noun
interjection
appositive
45. A word that expresses action or a state of being
noun
indefinite pronoun
verb
future tense
46. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
first person
nominative case
pronoun number error
phrase
47. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
split infinitive
subject of the sentence
pronoun errors
object
48. (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
positive adjective
pronoun
future tense
noncountable noun
49. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
countable noun
concrete noun
Parts of sentences
Parts of speech
50. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
active voice sentences
split infinitive
pronoun number error
nominal of a sentence