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Grammar Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
appositive
declarative statement
objective case
indirect object
2. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
indicative mood
third person
noun compound
second person
3. A phrase beginning with a verb that describes the subject - e.g. Walking home from school - River Tam stopped by the store and bought candy.
relative pronoun
Ranking order
participial phase
Parts of sentences
4. Tells what the subject is or does
idiom
predicate
Parts of speech
subordinating conjunction
5. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.
noncountable noun
adjective
Types of phrases
absolute phase
6. S - shape - C - color - R - race - A - age - M - material - These are not separated by commas
antecedent
common noun names
Non-coordinate adjectives
Types of phrases
7. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
compound sentence
noun clauses
indefinite pronoun
pronoun errors
8. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
adjective
subject of the sentence
personal pronoun
adverb
9. 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
exclamatory statement
indefinite pronoun
helping verbs
idiom
10. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
Ranking order
interrogative statement
8 types of pronouns
concrete noun
11. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
Ranking order
sentence
pronoun errors
exclamatory statement
12. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").
Progressive tense
Types of phrases
idiom
Uses of 'that'
13. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
compound sentence
objective case
common noun names
3 cases of pronouns
14. 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."
gerund
noun clauses
misplaced modifier
second person
15. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
noncountable noun
pronoun reference errors
subjunctive
personal pronoun
16. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
personal pronoun
countable noun
split infinitive
Run-on sentence
17. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
misplaced modifier
sentence fragment
interrogative pronoun
subjunctive
18. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
preposition word
Non-coordinate adjectives
interjection
regular verb
19. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become
relative pronoun
split infinitive
linking verbs
noncountable noun
20. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
nominative case
indirect object
helping verbs
preposition word
21. Verb used as a command
compound sentence
compound sentence
imperative
predicate
22. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
object of the preposition
noun
pronoun reference errors
abstract noun
23. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
interrogative statement
transitive verb
Progressive tense
active voice sentences
24. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
noun clauses
idiom
infinitive
first person
25. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
relative pronoun
nominal of a sentence
intransitive verb
nominative case
26. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
Sentence functions
collective noun
predicate
interjection
27. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
common noun names
pronoun errors
Progressive tense
28. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
noncountable noun
infinitive
dependent clause
subject
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)
intransitive verb
Progressive tense
helping verbs
pronoun errors
30. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
8 types of pronouns
phrase
future tense
comma splice
31. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
nominal of a sentence
indirect object
comma splice
noun compound
32. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.
transitive verb
collective noun
exclamatory statement
nominative case
33. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when
comparative adjective
object complement
idiom
subordinating conjunction
34. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
comma splice
Simple sentences forms
second person
interrogative statement
35. Renames subject
predicate adjective
predicate noun
proper pronoun
relative pronoun
36. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
demonstrative pronoun
simple sentence
Non-coordinate adjectives
misplaced modifier
37. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
active voice sentences
idiom
clause
8 types of pronouns
38. 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
pronoun reference errors
dependent clause
sentence
Simple sentences forms
39. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
adverbs or adjectives
regular verb
gerund
absolute phase
40. 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.
pronoun reference errors
objective case
imperative statement
prepositional phrase
41. Describes subject
positive adjective
predicate adjective
Types of phrases
imperative statement
42. 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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43. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
future tense
demonstrative pronoun
interrogative statement
common noun names
44. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
phrase
pronoun
imperative statement
idiom
45. Prepositions function as ___or ___
Types of phrases
adverbs or adjectives
active voice sentences
gerund
46. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
common noun names
Parts of sentences
third person
predicate
47. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
declarative statement
nominal of a sentence
concrete noun
adjective clause
48. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter
object complement
8 types of pronouns
intransitive verb
proper pronoun
49. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
misplaced modifier
personal pronoun
objective case
interrogative statement
50. Renames a noun
appositive
personal pronoun
antecedent
Parts of sentences