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






2. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






3. 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."






4. 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.






5. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






6. Tells what the subject is or does






7. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






10. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






24. Verb used as a command






25. Describes subject






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






33. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






36. Renames a noun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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)






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






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






48. 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)






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






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