Test your basic knowledge |

Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate






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






3. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A sentence that makes a command






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






13. 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.






14. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






15. Renames or describes the direct object






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






17. Renames a noun






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






19. 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)






20. Verbal acting like a noun






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






22. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. (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