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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. A word that expresses action or a state of being






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






9. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






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






11. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






13. Describes subject






14. Verb used as a command






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






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






17. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






18. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the 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)






20. A sentence that makes a command






21. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






22. Subordinating conjunction (He asked that she go.) - Relative pronoun (He took the test that was hard.) - Demonstrative pronoun (That was hard.) - Demonstrative adjective (That test was hard.) - Adverb (The test wasn't that bad.)

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23. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






26. Renames a noun






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






28. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






29. (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






30. 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)






31. 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."






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






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






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






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






36. Renames or describes the direct object






37. Renames subject






38. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






43. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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