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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






4. Renames or describes the direct object






5. Describes subject






6. 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






7. Renames subject






8. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






9. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Verb used as a command






19. 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)






20. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






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






26. A sentence that makes a command






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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."






34. Names a quality of mental concept; intangible idea - feeling - quality - or characteristic: loyalty - curiosity - health - grace - sweetness






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






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






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






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






39. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






41. Prepositions function as ___or ___






42. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






43. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






48. 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)






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






50. Renames a noun