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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. Renames a noun






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






7. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






10. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Tells what the subject is or does






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






24. 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.






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






26. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






27. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






28. 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."






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






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






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






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






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. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






37. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






42. Describes subject






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






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






45. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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







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