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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






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






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






5. Describes subject






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






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






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






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






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






11. Tells what the subject is or does






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






13. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






18. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






26. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. A sentence that makes a command






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






36. Renames or describes the direct object






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






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






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






40. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles






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






42. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






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






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






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






48. Renames subject






49. 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.






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







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