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Grammar Fundamentals
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1. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
relative pronoun
interjection
Simple sentences forms
2. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
transitive verb
second person
phrase
helping verbs
3. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
object of the preposition
regular verb
proper pronoun
idiom
4. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
sentence fragment
past tense
Simple sentences forms
5. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
common noun names
predicate noun
pronoun
future tense
6. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
interjection
helping verbs
Simple sentences forms
concrete noun
7. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
pronoun
indefinite pronoun
proper pronoun
comparative adjective
8. (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
nominal of a sentence
objective case
pronoun number error
pronoun
9. Renames or describes the direct object
helping verbs
object complement
common noun names
adjective clause
10. 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
pronoun errors
proper pronoun
object of the preposition
indefinite pronoun
11. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
pronoun reference errors
past tense
infinitive
adverbs or adjectives
12. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
Uses of 'that'
Modifiers
demonstrative pronoun
future tense
13. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
interjection
Types of phrases
relative pronoun
comparative adjective
14. Renames a noun
declarative statement
compound sentence
compound sentence
appositive
15. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
antecedent
imperative
proper pronoun
sentence
16. 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
pronoun reference errors
linking verbs
noun compound
preposition word
17. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
adjective
Types of phrases
comma splice
compound sentence
18. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
transitive verb
noun clauses
clause
appositive
19. 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
absolute phase
helping verbs
subject
dependent clause
20. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
helping verbs
indicative mood
Parts of sentences
common noun names
21. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
phrase
interrogative statement
common noun names
noun
22. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
noun
predicate noun
collective noun
phrase
23. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
predicate adjective
active voice sentences
adjective clause
objective case
24. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
prepositional phrase
8 types of pronouns
pronoun reference errors
interjection
25. Verb used as a command
comma splice
subject
imperative statement
imperative
26. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
predicate adjective
subjunctive
adjective
transitive verb
27. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
3 cases of pronouns
phrase
adverbs or adjectives
subordinating conjunction
28. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
future tense
imperative
indicative mood
preposition word
29. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
compound sentence
Progressive tense
subject
past tense
30. 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.
gerund
predicate
verb
pronoun reference errors
31. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
prepositional phrase
interjection
phrase
subjunctive
32. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
indirect object
compound sentence
common noun names
appositive
33. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
nominative case
Parts of sentences
sentence fragment
linking verbs
34. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
split infinitive
predicate
compound sentence
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
35. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
countable noun
verb
Simple sentences forms
8 types of pronouns
36. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
predicate noun
collective noun
linking verbs
Parts of sentences
37. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
past tense
dependent clause
predicate adjective
38. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
noun clauses
compound sentence
Parts of sentences
past tense
39. Prepositions function as ___or ___
indicative mood
infinitive
adverbs or adjectives
subjunctive
40. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
compound sentence
participial phase
adverbs or adjectives
abstract noun
41. 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)
third person
Non-coordinate adjectives
future tense
pronoun number error
42. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
noun
demonstrative pronoun
imperative statement
preposition word
43. 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
first person
misplaced modifier
subjunctive
44. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
subject of the sentence
Modifiers
positive adjective
interrogative statement
45. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
interrogative pronoun
interrogative statement
Ranking order
misplaced modifier
46. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
split infinitive
object
pronoun number error
comma splice
47. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
adjective clause
linking verbs
pronoun
clause
48. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
demonstrative pronoun
Parts of speech
Simple sentences forms
helping verbs
49. Verbal acting like a noun
indicative mood
personal pronoun
gerund
Progressive tense
50. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
adjective clause
Uses of 'that'
noun
Parts of speech