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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. Verb used as a command






2. Renames subject






3. Renames a noun






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






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






6. Renames or describes the direct object






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






8. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted






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






22. 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."






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






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






25. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






28. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






30. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






31. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






44. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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)






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