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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.






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






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






4. Verbal acting like a noun






5. Renames or describes the direct object






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






7. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. (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






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






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






28. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






31. 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)






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






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






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






35. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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."






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






50. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise