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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A sentence in which the subject performs the action. (George built this house.)






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






3. 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)






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






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






6. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






7. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






18. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






20. 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






21. Tells what the subject is or does






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






23. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






35. (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






36. Renames a noun






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Renames subject






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






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






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