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Grammar Fundamentals
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
pronoun errors
imperative statement
dependent clause
positive adjective
2. Prepositions function as ___or ___
adverbs or adjectives
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
common noun names
sentence fragment
3. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
predicate adjective
idiom
linking verbs
personal pronoun
4. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
interrogative pronoun
collective noun
split infinitive
clause
5. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
preposition word
idiom
Parts of sentences
countable noun
6. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
interrogative pronoun
phrase
preposition word
nominative case
7. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
compound sentence
Run-on sentence
adverb
8. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
pronoun
compound sentence
pronoun errors
complex sentence
9. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
noun clauses
exclamatory statement
Run-on sentence
adverbs or adjectives
10. 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
sentence fragment
noun compound
noncountable noun
personal pronoun
11. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
imperative
Progressive tense
noun compound
phrase
12. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
common noun names
past tense
abstract noun
third person
13. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
imperative statement
subject
second person
split infinitive
14. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
antecedent
predicate
pronoun errors
declarative statement
15. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
predicate noun
indirect object
pronoun errors
future tense
16. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
first person
Modifiers
subject
17. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
compound sentence
infinitive
helping verbs
regular verb
18. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
subjunctive
personal pronoun
adjective clause
3 cases of pronouns
19. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
transitive verb
pronoun errors
subjunctive
preposition word
20. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
indicative mood
helping verbs
pronoun errors
split infinitive
21. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
countable noun
linking verbs
Parts of sentences
prepositional phrase
22. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
antecedent
demonstrative pronoun
Parts of sentences
indicative mood
23. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
nominal of a sentence
future tense
idiom
infinitive
24. 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)
participial phase
exclamatory statement
regular verb
intransitive verb
25. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
common noun names
sentence
first person
noun
26. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
Non-coordinate adjectives
indirect object
prepositional phrase
3 cases of pronouns
27. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
phrase
collective noun
abstract noun
adjective
28. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
predicate adjective
Simple sentences forms
Ranking order
Types of phrases
29. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
participial phase
exclamatory statement
Run-on sentence
second person
30. Verbal acting like a noun
phrase
first person
gerund
preposition word
31. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
second person
common noun names
interrogative pronoun
Run-on sentence
32. 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.
nominative case
idiom
Parts of speech
pronoun reference errors
33. Renames subject
idiom
noun
predicate noun
transitive verb
34. 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)
gerund
third person
predicate noun
pronoun errors
35. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
Parts of speech
infinitive
verb
adjective
36. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
transitive verb
future tense
3 cases of pronouns
nominal of a sentence
37. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Parts of sentences
active voice sentences
antecedent
declarative statement
38. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
comma splice
compound sentence
subject of the sentence
interjection
39. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
verb
nominative case
third person
adverb
40. Renames or describes the direct object
8 types of pronouns
participial phase
object complement
prepositional phrase
41. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
comparative adjective
predicate adjective
positive adjective
subjunctive
42. 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
first person
prepositional phrase
regular verb
dependent clause
43. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
dependent clause
Ranking order
infinitive
participial phase
44. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
pronoun number error
active voice sentences
Simple sentences forms
linking verbs
45. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
object complement
nominative case
independent clause
predicate noun
46. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
pronoun errors
object complement
first person
antecedent
47. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
nominative case
concrete noun
clause
indefinite pronoun
48. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
adverbs or adjectives
interjection
concrete noun
absolute phase
49. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
adjective
pronoun number error
nominative case
Parts of speech
50. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
proper pronoun
imperative
3 cases of pronouns
complex sentence