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Grammar Fundamentals

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






2. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






6. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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)






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






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






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






28. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






30. Verbal acting like a noun






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






32. 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.






33. Renames subject






34. 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)






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






36. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.






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






38. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






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






40. Renames or describes the direct object






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






42. 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






43. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






48. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






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






50. Subjective - Objective - Possessive