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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun






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






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






4. 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






5. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






7. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does






8. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers






16. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






22. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






25. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






30. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






31. (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






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






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






34. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)






35. 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






36. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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