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






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






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






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






6. Verb used as a command






7. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






8. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






9. Renames a noun






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






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






12. (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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






23. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






26. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






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






32. Point of view presents the events of the story from a narrator's point of view (he - she - it - they - them - their - her - his - or character's names are used)






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






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






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






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






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






38. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






39. Verbal acting like a noun






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.






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






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






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






44. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






48. Renames subject






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






50. Prepositions function as ___or ___