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Grammar Fundamentals
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1. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
transitive verb
Parts of speech
comparative adjective
past tense
2. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
abstract noun
adjective clause
Progressive tense
Modifiers
3. 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
preposition word
adjective
imperative statement
compound sentence
4. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
sentence
adjective clause
interrogative statement
proper pronoun
5. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
preposition word
Progressive tense
antecedent
countable noun
6. A word that expresses action or a state of being
interjection
comparative adjective
noun compound
verb
7. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
helping verbs
personal pronoun
past tense
transitive verb
8. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
sentence
verb
abstract noun
Types of phrases
9. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
prepositional phrase
Parts of speech
subordinating conjunction
transitive verb
10. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
common noun names
pronoun errors
subordinating conjunction
absolute phase
11. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
interrogative pronoun
8 types of pronouns
sentence fragment
split infinitive
12. Verb used as a command
infinitive
verb
imperative
clause
13. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
noun compound
countable noun
compound sentence
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
14. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
Ranking order
interjection
positive adjective
15. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
noun clauses
pronoun reference errors
split infinitive
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
16. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
clause
relative pronoun
idiom
17. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
concrete noun
first person
nominal of a sentence
linking verbs
18. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
first person
sentence
subjunctive
helping verbs
19. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
clause
antecedent
first person
interrogative statement
20. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
Run-on sentence
predicate adjective
first person
abstract noun
21. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
nominal of a sentence
Types of phrases
split infinitive
noun
22. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
collective noun
Run-on sentence
phrase
Ranking order
23. 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
active voice sentences
exclamatory statement
dependent clause
clause
24. 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
predicate noun
interrogative statement
personal pronoun
subject
25. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
subjunctive
clause
simple sentence
personal pronoun
26. (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
Progressive tense
nominal of a sentence
pronoun
adjective clause
27. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
subject
gerund
clause
interrogative statement
28. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
subordinating conjunction
participial phase
predicate adjective
independent clause
29. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
idiom
comparative adjective
3 cases of pronouns
indefinite pronoun
30. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
nominative case
positive adjective
absolute phase
independent clause
31. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
future tense
past tense
regular verb
appositive
32. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
Simple sentences forms
noncountable noun
future tense
Ranking order
33. Describes subject
noun clauses
predicate adjective
subjunctive
sentence fragment
34. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
complex sentence
phrase
indicative mood
personal pronoun
35. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
Parts of sentences
interjection
past tense
interrogative statement
36. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
comma splice
future tense
Modifiers
37. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
3 cases of pronouns
imperative
8 types of pronouns
compound sentence
38. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
active voice sentences
dependent clause
split infinitive
Types of phrases
39. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
pronoun reference errors
declarative statement
nominative case
subject of the sentence
40. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
Run-on sentence
second person
adverb
41. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
8 types of pronouns
positive adjective
independent clause
noun clauses
42. Tells what the subject is or does
clause
nominative case
predicate
active voice sentences
43. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
interjection
Types of phrases
compound sentence
active voice sentences
44. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
subordinating conjunction
Sentence functions
indicative mood
adverb
45. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
compound sentence
misplaced modifier
future tense
Types of phrases
46. Verbal acting like a noun
comparative adjective
Progressive tense
split infinitive
gerund
47. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
object complement
collective noun
antecedent
relative pronoun
48. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
imperative
predicate noun
pronoun number error
indirect object
49. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
subjunctive
interrogative statement
predicate adjective
personal pronoun
50. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
common noun names
compound sentence
comparative adjective
verb