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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






2. 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






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






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






5. A sentence that makes a command






6. Describes subject






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






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






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






10. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






11. 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)






12. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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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22. Renames subject






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






24. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.






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






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






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






28. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






31. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






33. Verb used as a command






34. Tells what the subject is or does






35. 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)






36. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






37. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)






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






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






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






41. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






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






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






44. 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."






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






46. Renames a noun






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






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






49. Verbal acting like a noun






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







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