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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (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
sentence
pronoun
noncountable noun
pronoun errors
2. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
subjunctive
exclamatory statement
Simple sentences forms
Modifiers
3. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness
adverbs or adjectives
adverb
interjection
abstract noun
4. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
sentence fragment
indirect object
appositive
intransitive verb
5. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
Progressive tense
Modifiers
adjective
split infinitive
6. Verbal acting like a noun
phrase
subordinating conjunction
second person
gerund
7. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
infinitive
adjective
sentence
nominative case
8. Prepositions function as ___or ___
adjective
helping verbs
8 types of pronouns
adverbs or adjectives
9. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
complex sentence
object of the preposition
concrete noun
adjective
10. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
pronoun number error
common noun names
split infinitive
compound sentence
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 errors
indicative mood
adjective
third person
12. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
nominative case
nominal of a sentence
subject
second person
13. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday. (Usually uses -er)
objective case
adjective clause
comparative adjective
Run-on sentence
14. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indirect object
objective case
indicative mood
proper pronoun
15. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
comparative adjective
comma splice
personal pronoun
adjective
16. 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)
first person
helping verbs
intransitive verb
active voice sentences
17. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
pronoun errors
noun
indefinite pronoun
object complement
18. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
object of the preposition
Uses of 'that'
phrase
19. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
8 types of pronouns
Run-on sentence
compound sentence
Types of phrases
20. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
predicate adjective
demonstrative pronoun
participial phase
8 types of pronouns
21. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
imperative statement
object of the preposition
idiom
misplaced modifier
22. Verb used as a command
imperative
appositive
declarative statement
interrogative statement
23. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
3 cases of pronouns
noun
personal pronoun
prepositional phrase
24. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
subordinating conjunction
adjective clause
noncountable noun
interjection
25. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
Parts of speech
predicate noun
pronoun
past tense
26. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)
demonstrative pronoun
active voice sentences
comparative adjective
positive adjective
27. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
adjective
predicate noun
declarative statement
28. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
positive adjective
compound sentence
Simple sentences forms
object complement
29. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
concrete noun
pronoun number error
Parts of speech
regular verb
30. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
helping verbs
3 cases of pronouns
first person
countable noun
31. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
abstract noun
object of the preposition
future tense
third person
32. 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
adjective clause
predicate
dependent clause
Modifiers
33. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
first person
nominal of a sentence
prepositional phrase
phrase
34. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
absolute phase
nominative case
gerund
interjection
35. 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.
second person
clause
pronoun reference errors
simple sentence
36. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
absolute phase
antecedent
regular verb
noun compound
37. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
subordinating conjunction
transitive verb
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
Types of phrases
38. Renames a noun
appositive
simple sentence
object
subjunctive
39. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative statement
personal pronoun
adverb
object
40. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
Sentence functions
third person
adjective
adverb
41. A sentence that has one independent clause
subjunctive
simple sentence
Ranking order
dependent clause
42. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
phrase
past tense
3 cases of pronouns
nominal of a sentence
43. 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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44. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
indefinite pronoun
Progressive tense
absolute phase
Parts of sentences
45. Renames subject
personal pronoun
predicate noun
future tense
interjection
46. A word that expresses action or a state of being
predicate
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
verb
absolute phase
47. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
noun compound
Parts of sentences
third person
absolute phase
48. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
adverb
nominative case
idiom
indicative mood
49. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
predicate
preposition word
helping verbs
phrase
50. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
noun compound
collective noun
8 types of pronouns
subjunctive
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