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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






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






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






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






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






6. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






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






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






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






10. Verb used as a command






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






12. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






24. 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






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






26. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






30. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






35. 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."






36. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






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






38. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






46. 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






47. Renames a noun






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






49. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






50. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become