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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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1. 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.






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






4. Verb used as a command






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






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






7. Tells what the subject is or does






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






9. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb






25. Describes subject






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






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






28. Renames a noun






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






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






31. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition






32. A sentence that makes a command






33. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






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






35. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






36. Renames or describes the direct object






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






43. Verbal acting like a noun






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






45. 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."






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






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






48. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






50. 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