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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






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






4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






5. Renames subject






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






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






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






9. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






10. 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.






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






12. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






15. Renames or describes the direct object






16. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






20. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






21. 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)






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






23. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






26. 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)






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






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






29. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






30. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






31. 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






32. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes






33. 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






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






35. A sentence that has one independent clause






36. A word that expresses action or a state of being






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






38. A sentence that makes a command






39. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






41. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






42. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






47. Verb used as a command






48. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






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






50. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.