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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






10. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






11. A sentence that makes a command






12. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






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






14. 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.






15. 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)






16. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






17. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Describes subject






26. Renames or describes the direct object






27. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






28. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






33. Renames a noun






34. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






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






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






37. A sentence that has one independent clause






38. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






47. Prepositions function as ___or ___






48. (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






49. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






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