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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






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






3. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






15. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






16. Verb used as a command






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






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






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)






20. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






23. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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






29. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






30. Verbal acting like a noun






31. Describes subject






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






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.






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






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






36. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)






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






38. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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)






50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase