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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech






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






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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Prepositions function as ___or ___






7. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






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






13. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






14. 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)






15. (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






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






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






18. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






19. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






23. 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






24. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






26. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Describes subject






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






36. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






38. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






39. 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."






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






41. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






46. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does






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






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






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






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