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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






2. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate






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






4. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






5. 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.)


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






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






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






9. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






10. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






11. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized






12. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






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






14. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






15. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






16. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






17. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






18. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






22. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






23. 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)






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






25. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






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






31. Renames a noun






32. (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






33. Tells what the subject is or does






34. Prepositions function as ___or ___






35. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






39. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when






40. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






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






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






43. Describes subject






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






45. 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)






46. Renames subject






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






48. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






49. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"






50. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration