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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. 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)






2. 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






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






4. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






5. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






7. 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)






8. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Renames or describes the direct object






22. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






26. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those






27. 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






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






29. Renames a noun






30. 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."






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






32. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






33. Prepositions function as ___or ___






34. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






37. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






50. 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.