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Grammar Fundamentals
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1. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
appositive
absolute phase
declarative statement
noncountable noun
2. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
subordinating conjunction
predicate
demonstrative pronoun
nominative case
3. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
noncountable noun
phrase
absolute phase
countable noun
4. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
regular verb
interjection
Types of phrases
predicate adjective
5. Renames subject
interjection
predicate noun
collective noun
subordinating conjunction
6. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
adverb
sentence fragment
independent clause
objective case
7. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying
adjective clause
Modifiers
subordinating conjunction
clause
8. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
infinitive
sentence fragment
personal pronoun
past tense
9. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
predicate noun
imperative statement
past tense
independent clause
10. 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.
pronoun reference errors
subordinating conjunction
prepositional phrase
imperative statement
11. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
subject of the sentence
split infinitive
sentence
predicate adjective
12. Verbal acting like a noun
future tense
nominative case
gerund
exclamatory statement
13. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
subject
prepositional phrase
clause
Parts of speech
14. Tells whom or what the sentence is about - the person place or thing doing the verb
Ranking order
exclamatory statement
3 cases of pronouns
subject
15. Renames or describes the direct object
object
simple sentence
sentence fragment
object complement
16. Tells what the subject is or does
nominative case
linking verbs
Run-on sentence
predicate
17. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
adjective clause
preposition word
demonstrative pronoun
Ranking order
18. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
helping verbs
comma splice
object
exclamatory statement
19. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
Parts of sentences
first person
idiom
sentence
20. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
3 cases of pronouns
exclamatory statement
transitive verb
predicate adjective
21. 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)
prepositional phrase
indefinite pronoun
third person
future tense
22. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action
independent clause
subject of the sentence
demonstrative pronoun
interrogative pronoun
23. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
Sentence functions
participial phase
comma splice
noun
24. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
past tense
clause
predicate noun
objective case
25. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
relative pronoun
indirect object
phrase
nominal of a sentence
26. 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)
subordinating conjunction
noun clauses
intransitive verb
Progressive tense
27. Personal - Relative - Indefinite - Demonstrative -Reflexive - Intensive - Interrogative - Reciprocal
8 types of pronouns
split infinitive
gerund
collective noun
28. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
personal pronoun
sentence
adjective clause
antecedent
29. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
past tense
split infinitive
adverbs or adjectives
3 cases of pronouns
30. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
imperative statement
interrogative pronoun
pronoun number error
Ranking order
31. 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
imperative
Modifiers
imperative statement
dependent clause
32. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
preposition word
objective case
future tense
comma splice
33. 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
subject
imperative
preposition word
second person
34. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
personal pronoun
demonstrative pronoun
sentence fragment
nominal of a sentence
35. A sentence that has one independent clause
third person
compound sentence
simple sentence
preposition word
36. A word that expresses action or a state of being
regular verb
verb
gerund
transitive verb
37. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
demonstrative pronoun
Parts of speech
positive adjective
indefinite pronoun
38. A sentence that makes a command
pronoun
Parts of sentences
imperative
imperative statement
39. Prepositions function as ___or ___
adverbs or adjectives
collective noun
predicate adjective
compound sentence
40. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
simple sentence
participial phase
pronoun errors
indicative mood
41. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
Sentence functions
adverb
Simple sentences forms
intransitive verb
42. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration
dependent clause
compound sentence
second person
declarative statement
43. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
past tense
Run-on sentence
helping verbs
indefinite pronoun
44. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
independent clause
complex sentence
subjunctive
Parts of speech
45. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
compound sentence
helping verbs
adjective clause
Parts of speech
46. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
compound sentence
Ranking order
subordinating conjunction
collective noun
47. Verb used as a command
imperative
subject of the sentence
preposition word
Parts of speech
48. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
Non-coordinate adjectives
phrase
linking verbs
Types of phrases
49. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
pronoun errors
split infinitive
regular verb
adjective
50. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
nominal of a sentence
positive adjective
subject
future tense