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Grammar Fundamentals
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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)
noun compound
intransitive verb
imperative
pronoun errors
2. 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
compound sentence
indefinite pronoun
concrete noun
noun
3. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
interjection
intransitive verb
appositive
absolute phase
4. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
personal pronoun
Simple sentences forms
positive adjective
phrase
5. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
infinitive
Sentence functions
gerund
compound sentence
6. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
transitive verb
past tense
predicate adjective
sentence
7. 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)
idiom
third person
sentence
common noun names
8. Verb used as a command
demonstrative pronoun
imperative
Run-on sentence
subject
9. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
simple sentence
linking verbs
comparative adjective
abstract noun
10. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
3 cases of pronouns
adverb
subject
clause
11. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
imperative
nominative case
antecedent
relative pronoun
12. A phrase beginning with a verb that describes the subject - e.g. Walking home from school - River Tam stopped by the store and bought candy.
preposition word
comparative adjective
adverb
participial phase
13. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
Run-on sentence
subordinating conjunction
preposition word
first person
14. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
independent clause
simple sentence
adjective
Parts of speech
15. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
adverbs or adjectives
8 types of pronouns
gerund
16. A word that expresses action or a state of being
indefinite pronoun
verb
past tense
second person
17. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
indicative mood
clause
transitive verb
8 types of pronouns
18. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
noncountable noun
subordinating conjunction
adverb
interrogative pronoun
19. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
indicative mood
Progressive tense
antecedent
future tense
20. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
subjunctive
objective case
future tense
sentence fragment
21. Renames or describes the direct object
gerund
object complement
proper pronoun
indirect object
22. A sentence that makes a command
pronoun
helping verbs
imperative statement
nominal of a sentence
23. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
compound sentence
3 cases of pronouns
linking verbs
complex sentence
24. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
independent clause
imperative statement
adverb
verb
25. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
complex sentence
Simple sentences forms
gerund
prepositional phrase
26. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
nominative case
demonstrative pronoun
indirect object
concrete noun
27. 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
proper pronoun
personal pronoun
pronoun number error
noun compound
28. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
helping verbs
subordinating conjunction
sentence fragment
29. Renames a noun
Uses of 'that'
appositive
object of the preposition
pronoun
30. 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."
pronoun errors
misplaced modifier
positive adjective
concrete noun
31. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
Non-coordinate adjectives
indicative mood
dependent clause
positive adjective
32. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
sentence fragment
Parts of speech
predicate noun
compound sentence
33. Prepositions function as ___or ___
gerund
adverbs or adjectives
indefinite pronoun
transitive verb
34. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
subordinating conjunction
personal pronoun
noun clauses
Types of phrases
35. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
declarative statement
pronoun reference errors
absolute phase
split infinitive
36. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
object
predicate noun
imperative statement
3 cases of pronouns
37. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
Parts of speech
exclamatory statement
prepositional phrase
participial phase
38. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
Types of phrases
subject of the sentence
antecedent
comma splice
39. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
prepositional phrase
comma splice
future tense
personal pronoun
40. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
participial phase
Parts of speech
Modifiers
first person
41. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
dependent clause
comparative adjective
sentence
predicate
42. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
Run-on sentence
sentence fragment
Uses of 'that'
countable noun
43. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
subordinating conjunction
adverb
3 cases of pronouns
preposition word
44. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
proper pronoun
second person
adjective clause
past tense
45. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
Non-coordinate adjectives
common noun names
adjective
proper pronoun
46. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
noun clauses
Modifiers
common noun names
future tense
47. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
countable noun
relative pronoun
helping verbs
indirect object
48. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
compound sentence
simple sentence
declarative statement
misplaced modifier
49. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
concrete noun
Progressive tense
interjection
Parts of sentences
50. 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.
imperative statement
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
pronoun reference errors
subject