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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
infinitive
idiom
phrase
participial phase
2. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
future tense
personal pronoun
subject
predicate noun
3. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
pronoun errors
subject of the sentence
Progressive tense
imperative
4. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
object complement
clause
indicative mood
imperative
5. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
infinitive
absolute phase
positive adjective
third person
6. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
imperative statement
preposition word
linking verbs
clause
7. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
past tense
imperative statement
transitive verb
subject of the sentence
8. 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
indefinite pronoun
future tense
abstract noun
pronoun
9. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
nominative case
Parts of sentences
regular verb
transitive verb
10. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
simple sentence
positive adjective
predicate noun
pronoun number error
11. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
exclamatory statement
comparative adjective
antecedent
intransitive verb
12. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
transitive verb
second person
Progressive tense
Non-coordinate adjectives
13. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
subordinating conjunction
comma splice
transitive verb
absolute phase
14. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
proper pronoun
imperative statement
personal pronoun
active voice sentences
15. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
abstract noun
common noun names
predicate adjective
3 cases of pronouns
16. Verb used as a command
verb
indirect object
imperative
predicate adjective
17. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
simple sentence
compound sentence
concrete noun
regular verb
18. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
subject
object
noun
regular verb
19. 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)
nominative case
object of the preposition
intransitive verb
Simple sentences forms
20. Renames or describes the direct object
object complement
adjective
sentence fragment
Modifiers
21. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
subject of the sentence
indefinite pronoun
infinitive
linking verbs
22. 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
Modifiers
participial phase
personal pronoun
countable noun
23. Renames subject
predicate noun
idiom
adverbs or adjectives
Simple sentences forms
24. A word that expresses action or a state of being
phrase
misplaced modifier
Simple sentences forms
verb
25. (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
future tense
pronoun
positive adjective
8 types of pronouns
26. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
participial phase
clause
first person
imperative statement
27. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
gerund
first person
idiom
Non-coordinate adjectives
28. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
independent clause
Simple sentences forms
antecedent
subject
29. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
helping verbs
comma splice
Progressive tense
Parts of sentences
30. Verbal acting like a noun
relative pronoun
gerund
object complement
predicate adjective
31. Describes subject
Progressive tense
interrogative statement
common noun names
predicate adjective
32. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
indirect object
subordinating conjunction
concrete noun
subject of the sentence
33. 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.
subject
imperative statement
participial phase
adverbs or adjectives
34. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
subjunctive
preposition word
concrete noun
indefinite pronoun
35. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
3 cases of pronouns
object
predicate noun
compound sentence
36. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
active voice sentences
Run-on sentence
objective case
8 types of pronouns
37. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
Ranking order
adverbs or adjectives
collective noun
38. A sentence that has one independent clause
future tense
simple sentence
Progressive tense
clause
39. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
idiom
pronoun errors
noncountable noun
second person
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."
demonstrative pronoun
misplaced modifier
proper pronoun
pronoun errors
41. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
independent clause
objective case
object of the preposition
split infinitive
42. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
idiom
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
Uses of 'that'
sentence
43. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
nominal of a sentence
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
indefinite pronoun
simple sentence
44. 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
relative pronoun
indirect object
indicative mood
dependent clause
45. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
helping verbs
active voice sentences
comparative adjective
indirect object
46. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
abstract noun
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
adverb
sentence fragment
47. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
Non-coordinate adjectives
compound sentence
imperative
Run-on sentence
48. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
adjective clause
positive adjective
appositive
Types of phrases
49. 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)
concrete noun
third person
first person
Sentence functions
50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
proper pronoun
regular verb
Ranking order
Types of phrases