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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. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






4. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






25. Renames subject






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






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






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






29. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






32. A sentence that has one independent clause






33. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






34. 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)






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






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






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






38. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise







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