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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
preposition word
subject
3 cases of pronouns
common noun names
2. 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
dependent clause
personal pronoun
linking verbs
relative pronoun
3. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
future tense
antecedent
dependent clause
imperative statement
4. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
pronoun
future tense
Progressive tense
active voice sentences
5. A sentence that makes a command
imperative statement
indirect object
Run-on sentence
exclamatory statement
6. Describes subject
transitive verb
future tense
predicate adjective
prepositional phrase
7. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
8 types of pronouns
transitive verb
subordinating conjunction
adjective
8. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
past tense
misplaced modifier
imperative
abstract noun
9. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
regular verb
indicative mood
third person
pronoun number error
10. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
adjective
collective noun
transitive verb
exclamatory statement
11. 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)
pronoun number error
third person
first person
noncountable noun
12. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
Types of phrases
Parts of sentences
simple sentence
dependent clause
13. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
relative pronoun
prepositional phrase
proper pronoun
14. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
subjunctive
Progressive tense
indefinite pronoun
prepositional phrase
15. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
sentence fragment
common noun names
adjective
subject of the sentence
16. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Types of phrases
clause
indefinite pronoun
complex sentence
17. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
common noun names
intransitive verb
positive adjective
noun
18. 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
positive adjective
indefinite pronoun
personal pronoun
phrase
19. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
simple sentence
concrete noun
Parts of speech
intransitive verb
20. 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
adverbs or adjectives
noun clauses
dependent clause
clause
21. 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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22. Renames subject
Modifiers
predicate noun
Types of phrases
absolute phase
23. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
dependent clause
Run-on sentence
indicative mood
Simple sentences forms
24. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
participial phase
pronoun errors
sentence
predicate noun
25. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
concrete noun
personal pronoun
adjective clause
absolute phase
26. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
idiom
adverbs or adjectives
adjective
noun clauses
27. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
second person
verb
adverb
demonstrative pronoun
28. Renames or describes the direct object
object complement
nominative case
collective noun
indirect object
29. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
interjection
common noun names
sentence
Run-on sentence
30. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
noncountable noun
independent clause
second person
Non-coordinate adjectives
31. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
Simple sentences forms
pronoun number error
pronoun
declarative statement
32. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
adjective
subjunctive
Parts of speech
proper pronoun
33. Verb used as a command
imperative
pronoun
gerund
adjective clause
34. Tells what the subject is or does
exclamatory statement
Modifiers
predicate
relative pronoun
35. 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)
Parts of speech
intransitive verb
linking verbs
Progressive tense
36. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative statement
split infinitive
noun compound
pronoun errors
37. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
third person
interrogative statement
object of the preposition
Run-on sentence
38. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
exclamatory statement
object
nominative case
transitive verb
39. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
subordinating conjunction
noncountable noun
compound sentence
split infinitive
40. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
complex sentence
clause
interrogative statement
Parts of sentences
41. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
indefinite pronoun
declarative statement
object complement
proper pronoun
42. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
interjection
Non-coordinate adjectives
Types of phrases
nominative case
43. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
concrete noun
interrogative pronoun
clause
antecedent
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."
8 types of pronouns
misplaced modifier
noun
relative pronoun
45. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
appositive
adjective clause
object
sentence fragment
46. Renames a noun
adverbs or adjectives
appositive
adverb
indefinite pronoun
47. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
Modifiers
pronoun reference errors
Progressive tense
phrase
48. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
noun
absolute phase
objective case
indirect object
49. Verbal acting like a noun
gerund
Sentence functions
Simple sentences forms
active voice sentences
50. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
adjective clause
countable noun
sentence fragment
verb
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