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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition






2. Renames a noun






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






4. Renames or describes the direct object






5. 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






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






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






8. Verbal acting like a noun






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






21. 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)






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






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






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






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






26. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






39. 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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40. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






43. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






44. 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."






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






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






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






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






49. Describes subject






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