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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






5. Describes subject






6. 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






7. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






9. A sentence that makes a command






10. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






11. Subordinating conjunction (He asked that she go.) - Relative pronoun (He took the test that was hard.) - Demonstrative pronoun (That was hard.) - Demonstrative adjective (That test was hard.) - Adverb (The test wasn't that bad.)

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






13. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






49. Verbal acting like a noun






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