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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal






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






3. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






4. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






9. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






11. 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.






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






13. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






16. (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






17. Takes the place of a noun or nouns; they show number and gender; example: singular: I - me - my - mine - you - your - yours - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its / plural: we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - they - them - their - the






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






19. Renames subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






33. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






36. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A sentence that has one independent clause






44. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






45. Describes subject






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






47. 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)






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






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






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