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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






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






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






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






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






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






7. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






12. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT






13. Verb used as a command






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






22. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers






23. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb






24. Renames subject






25. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






28. 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."






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






30. 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






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






32. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






41. 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)






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






43. 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






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






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






46. (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






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






48. 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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49. A word that expresses action or a state of being






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