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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






2. Describes subject






3. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Renames or describes the direct object






11. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






13. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






28. Renames a noun






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






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






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






32. 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."






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






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






35. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






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






41. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






44. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






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






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







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