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Grammar Fundamentals
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english
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grammar
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
helping verbs
relative pronoun
future tense
interrogative statement
2. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
compound sentence
sentence
adverb
Non-coordinate adjectives
3. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
8 types of pronouns
interjection
future tense
clause
4. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
pronoun reference errors
nominal of a sentence
transitive verb
Simple sentences forms
5. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
sentence
idiom
subject
indirect object
6. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
adjective
gerund
Ranking order
complex sentence
7. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
appositive
imperative
absolute phase
pronoun reference errors
8. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
regular verb
proper pronoun
infinitive
comma splice
9. Tells what the subject is or does
intransitive verb
object
second person
predicate
10. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
appositive
Modifiers
misplaced modifier
third person
11. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
linking verbs
transitive verb
object
prepositional phrase
12. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
Progressive tense
sentence
Non-coordinate adjectives
Modifiers
13. A sentence that has one independent clause
compound sentence
future tense
simple sentence
noun
14. Verb used as a command
common noun names
indicative mood
imperative
noun
15. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
subject
participial phase
idiom
noncountable noun
16. 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
declarative statement
dependent clause
adjective
Non-coordinate adjectives
17. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
Parts of speech
abstract noun
declarative statement
object
18. Verbal acting like a noun
adjective clause
independent clause
gerund
concrete noun
19. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
imperative
active voice sentences
exclamatory statement
8 types of pronouns
20. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
noun clauses
collective noun
Progressive tense
Run-on sentence
21. (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
pronoun
adjective clause
predicate noun
imperative statement
22. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
idiom
nominal of a sentence
adverbs or adjectives
personal pronoun
23. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
regular verb
Sentence functions
adjective
infinitive
24. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
interjection
idiom
active voice sentences
split infinitive
25. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
proper pronoun
pronoun number error
clause
object complement
26. 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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27. Renames a noun
demonstrative pronoun
appositive
sentence
common noun names
28. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
8 types of pronouns
relative pronoun
pronoun number error
sentence fragment
29. 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)
nominative case
exclamatory statement
intransitive verb
indicative mood
30. A person - place - thing - animal - action - or quality
absolute phase
linking verbs
relative pronoun
noun
31. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
third person
Uses of 'that'
absolute phase
compound sentence
32. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
Parts of sentences
preposition word
8 types of pronouns
sentence
33. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
future tense
infinitive
third person
Run-on sentence
34. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
Progressive tense
Simple sentences forms
relative pronoun
3 cases of pronouns
35. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
comparative adjective
objective case
noncountable noun
imperative statement
36. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
prepositional phrase
concrete noun
infinitive
second person
37. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must
antecedent
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
Modifiers
past tense
38. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
gerund
misplaced modifier
subordinating conjunction
Types of phrases
39. 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
personal pronoun
countable noun
concrete noun
complex sentence
40. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
predicate noun
active voice sentences
first person
Modifiers
41. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
second person
adjective
interrogative pronoun
regular verb
42. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
predicate
infinitive
past tense
adverb
43. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
prepositional phrase
nominative case
objective case
subjunctive
44. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
8 types of pronouns
subject of the sentence
indicative mood
Uses of 'that'
45. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
objective case
Run-on sentence
noun clauses
countable noun
46. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
regular verb
adjective
predicate noun
intransitive verb
47. A word that expresses action or a state of being
adverb
positive adjective
regular verb
verb
48. Renames subject
Run-on sentence
preposition word
Types of phrases
predicate noun
49. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
complex sentence
gerund
relative pronoun
noncountable noun
50. 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
Simple sentences forms
Parts of speech
intransitive verb
preposition word