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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A word that expresses action or a state of being
objective case
verb
object complement
nominal of a sentence
2. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
concrete noun
predicate noun
imperative
noncountable noun
3. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
adjective clause
8 types of pronouns
predicate adjective
concrete noun
4. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
antecedent
participial phase
gerund
comparative adjective
5. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
predicate
idiom
object
subject of the sentence
6. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
infinitive
Simple sentences forms
sentence
pronoun reference errors
7. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
personal pronoun
noun compound
prepositional phrase
adjective
8. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
adverb
compound sentence
comma splice
active voice sentences
9. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
adverb
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
compound sentence
helping verbs
10. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
active voice sentences
Parts of sentences
dependent clause
noncountable noun
11. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
object complement
noun compound
Types of phrases
declarative statement
12. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
predicate adjective
linking verbs
relative pronoun
clause
13. Describes subject
comparative adjective
misplaced modifier
exclamatory statement
predicate adjective
14. Verb used as a command
phrase
complex sentence
antecedent
imperative
15. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
object of the preposition
predicate adjective
helping verbs
concrete noun
16. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
concrete noun
indefinite pronoun
positive adjective
indirect object
17. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
imperative statement
idiom
independent clause
object of the preposition
18. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
pronoun number error
Modifiers
independent clause
subject
19. 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
verb
indirect object
Types of phrases
20. A sentence that makes a command
object
Progressive tense
future tense
imperative statement
21. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
noun
Types of phrases
countable noun
comparative adjective
22. 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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23. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
Parts of speech
simple sentence
Ranking order
preposition word
24. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
prepositional phrase
adjective
object complement
helping verbs
25. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
dependent clause
personal pronoun
past tense
nominal of a sentence
26. Renames a noun
dependent clause
object complement
appositive
subjunctive
27. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
subject
indicative mood
adverbs or adjectives
clause
28. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
indirect object
nominal of a sentence
Simple sentences forms
participial phase
29. (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
subject of the sentence
Sentence functions
concrete noun
pronoun
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)
dependent clause
nominal of a sentence
third person
sentence
31. 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
split infinitive
infinitive
exclamatory statement
32. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
comparative adjective
third person
absolute phase
adjective clause
33. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
personal pronoun
abstract noun
compound sentence
sentence fragment
34. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
pronoun number error
predicate adjective
sentence
regular verb
35. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
sentence
future tense
regular verb
Parts of speech
36. Renames or describes the direct object
comparative adjective
Sentence functions
object complement
relative pronoun
37. Renames subject
predicate noun
antecedent
3 cases of pronouns
imperative
38. Verbal acting like a noun
concrete noun
noun compound
Modifiers
gerund
39. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
common noun names
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
nominative case
active voice sentences
40. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
Run-on sentence
transitive verb
past tense
simple sentence
41. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
predicate noun
first person
regular verb
Types of phrases
42. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
exclamatory statement
common noun names
Uses of 'that'
Non-coordinate adjectives
43. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
subordinating conjunction
Types of phrases
adjective clause
first person
44. 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 reference errors
sentence fragment
adjective
compound sentence
45. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
participial phase
Simple sentences forms
countable noun
noun
46. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
Modifiers
object of the preposition
participial phase
Parts of sentences
47. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
active voice sentences
preposition word
compound sentence
sentence fragment
48. 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
dependent clause
relative pronoun
indefinite pronoun
noun
49. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
independent clause
regular verb
Uses of 'that'
preposition word
50. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
Progressive tense
interrogative pronoun
appositive
Types of phrases