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Grammar Fundamentals
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
proper pronoun
clause
Non-coordinate adjectives
noun compound
2. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
8 types of pronouns
Run-on sentence
adverbs or adjectives
subjunctive
3. 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
indefinite pronoun
collective noun
compound sentence
dependent clause
4. Tells what the subject is or does
3 cases of pronouns
predicate
objective case
Ranking order
5. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
adverbs or adjectives
Ranking order
clause
antecedent
6. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
Simple sentences forms
noun
past tense
interjection
7. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
pronoun number error
noun
gerund
comma splice
8. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
noun
8 types of pronouns
declarative statement
9. 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.
Simple sentences forms
pronoun reference errors
preposition word
Non-coordinate adjectives
10. 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."
misplaced modifier
Uses of 'that'
Progressive tense
participial phase
11. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
object of the preposition
common noun names
linking verbs
sentence
12. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
split infinitive
subordinating conjunction
transitive verb
8 types of pronouns
13. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
collective noun
comparative adjective
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
participial phase
14. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
demonstrative pronoun
exclamatory statement
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
participial phase
15. Verbal acting like a noun
predicate adjective
split infinitive
gerund
subject of the sentence
16. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
simple sentence
objective case
predicate noun
17. 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)
intransitive verb
adjective
complex sentence
concrete noun
18. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
antecedent
complex sentence
predicate adjective
19. (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
pronoun
predicate noun
transitive verb
Non-coordinate adjectives
20. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
proper pronoun
objective case
adverbs or adjectives
helping verbs
21. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
abstract noun
idiom
Types of phrases
gerund
22. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
indicative mood
collective noun
third person
Simple sentences forms
23. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
prepositional phrase
declarative statement
Simple sentences forms
adverb
24. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
verb
intransitive verb
Progressive tense
positive adjective
25. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
collective noun
compound sentence
first person
Sentence functions
26. Renames or describes the direct object
countable noun
relative pronoun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
object complement
27. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
interrogative pronoun
Ranking order
infinitive
Non-coordinate adjectives
28. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
split infinitive
past tense
pronoun number error
noun
29. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
pronoun
second person
Types of phrases
nominative case
30. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
gerund
sentence fragment
subjunctive
adjective
31. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
object
predicate adjective
subordinating conjunction
first person
32. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
object
subject
verb
Modifiers
33. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
relative pronoun
dependent clause
positive adjective
pronoun errors
34. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
future tense
appositive
complex sentence
helping verbs
35. 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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36. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
future tense
phrase
predicate adjective
third person
37. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
object
personal pronoun
proper pronoun
Types of phrases
38. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
abstract noun
nominal of a sentence
sentence fragment
linking verbs
39. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
appositive
sentence
Simple sentences forms
nominative case
40. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
8 types of pronouns
nominative case
sentence
transitive verb
41. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
predicate adjective
3 cases of pronouns
Ranking order
indefinite pronoun
42. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
Progressive tense
intransitive verb
relative pronoun
clause
43. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
interrogative pronoun
indirect object
absolute phase
44. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
interjection
appositive
object complement
complex sentence
45. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
demonstrative pronoun
object
noncountable noun
Simple sentences forms
46. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
pronoun number error
personal pronoun
Parts of speech
active voice sentences
47. 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
imperative
interrogative statement
Ranking order
dependent clause
48. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
indirect object
pronoun number error
compound sentence
exclamatory statement
49. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
gerund
adverbs or adjectives
Parts of speech
subordinating conjunction
50. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
clause
sentence
interrogative statement
infinitive