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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. Renames a noun






3. 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.






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






5. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






9. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






14. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






15. 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






16. Verb used as a command






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






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






19. A sentence that makes a command






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






21. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become






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






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






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






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






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






27. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






29. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






31. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






32. 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."






33. Renames subject






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. (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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Sentence - Clause - Phrase