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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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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 begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose






2. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






5. 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






6. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






10. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






11. A word or group of words that can function as a noun






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






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






14. Renames subject






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






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






17. 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."






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






19. Renames a noun






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






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






22. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






24. A sentence that has one independent clause






25. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






38. 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






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






40. Prepositions function as ___or ___






41. Describes subject






42. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






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






46. Tells what the subject is or does






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. 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.