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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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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. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






3. 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






4. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






8. A word that expresses action or a state of being






9. 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.






10. 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."






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






12. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal






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






14. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






15. Verbal acting like a noun






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






17. 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)






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






19. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Renames or describes the direct object






27. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






31. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when






32. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying






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






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






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






37. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






41. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






45. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






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






47. 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






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






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






50. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"