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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






8. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






10. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






11. 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)






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






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






15. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






17. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)






25. 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






26. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






29. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






32. 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)






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






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






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






36. A sentence that has one independent clause






37. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






42. 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."






43. (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






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






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






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






47. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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