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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.






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






3. 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






4. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






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






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






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






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






9. Words that show the relationship of dependent clause to the independent clause - e.g. as if than or as though once when






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






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






12. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. (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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






33. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Tells what the subject is or does






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






44. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






46. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






49. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"






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