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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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)






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






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






10. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality






11. Renames or describes the direct object






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






13. (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






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






15. 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






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






17. Describes subject






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






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






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






21. 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






22. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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."






28. 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






29. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






32. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






33. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






36. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






37. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)






38. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






39. 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)






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






41. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






44. Verb used as a command






45. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






48. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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