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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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






2. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






5. Verbal acting like a noun






6. Renames a noun






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.






11. Verb used as a command






12. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






17. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






22. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






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






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






25. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






26. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






31. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






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






33. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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."






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






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






43. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






46. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






50. Tells what the subject is or does