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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted






2. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






3. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






18. Used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in - under - near - behind - to - from - over






19. (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






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






21. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Renames subject






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






30. Verbal acting like a noun






31. 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






32. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






37. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






38. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






40. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






42. Describes subject






43. Renames or describes the direct object






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






45. A sentence that makes a command






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






47. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






48. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.






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






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