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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






2. Renames or describes the direct object






3. Renames subject






4. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb






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






6. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate






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






9. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject






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






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






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






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






14. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






17. 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






18. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






19. 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






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






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






22. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized






23. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.






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






25. 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)






26. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes






27. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






30. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






31. Verb used as a command






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






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






34. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






36. (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






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






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






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






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






41. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






42. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






44. A sentence that has one independent clause






45. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






46. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses






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






48. Describes subject






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






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