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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






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






3. Renames or describes the direct object






4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






5. (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






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






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






8. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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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17. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






19. Verb used as a command






20. Prepositions function as ___or ___






21. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






26. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






29. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






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






31. 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






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






33. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






41. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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






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






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






46. Renames a noun






47. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally (ex- "Get your head out of the clouds").






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






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






50. 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)