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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A sentence that makes a command






17. 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.)


18. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






21. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Renames subject






29. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






30. 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)






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






32. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked






33. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






36. Verb used as a command






37. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






38. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






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






40. 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






41. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






48. (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






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






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