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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. 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)






2. Verbal acting like a noun






3. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






5. 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.






6. Describes subject






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






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






9. A sentence that makes a command






10. Renames a noun






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






12. 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






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






14. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






21. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Prepositions function as ___or ___






30. Renames or describes the direct object






31. Tells what the subject is or does






32. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Verb used as a command






41. 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






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






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






44. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






46. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






47. (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






48. 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






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






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