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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






2. A sentence that makes a command






3. 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.






4. (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






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






6. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. Renames subject






25. 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






26. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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)






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






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






38. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






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






42. Describes subject






43. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






44. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






45. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






47. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






50. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech