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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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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. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"






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






3. 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.






4. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






14. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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)






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






31. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






34. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






35. Renames subject






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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.






41. Describes subject






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






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






45. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






47. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






50. Renames a noun