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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. 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






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






3. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






7. Describes subject






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






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






10. 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)






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






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






13. Verb used as a command






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






15. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






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






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






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






22. Renames subject






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






24. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






27. 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)






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Would - Could - Should - May - Might - Must






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






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






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






36. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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






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






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






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






43. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






46. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






48. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






50. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb







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