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Grammar Fundamentals
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Renames a noun
appositive
Sentence functions
collective noun
nominative case
2. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
proper pronoun
Parts of speech
helping verbs
3. Prepositions function as ___or ___
appositive
predicate noun
split infinitive
adverbs or adjectives
4. Subjective - Objective - Possessive
pronoun
3 cases of pronouns
Run-on sentence
prepositional phrase
5. 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
Parts of sentences
collective noun
dependent clause
pronoun reference errors
6. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
imperative
gerund
Run-on sentence
imperative statement
7. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
relative pronoun
countable noun
Non-coordinate adjectives
independent clause
8. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
collective noun
idiom
Run-on sentence
object
9. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
Modifiers
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
pronoun number error
indicative mood
10. A word that expresses action or a state of being
verb
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
imperative
helping verbs
11. Tells to whom - for whom the action of the verb is done. Ex. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball"
8 types of pronouns
positive adjective
indirect object
imperative
12. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
subjunctive
sentence
simple sentence
noun compound
13. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
pronoun errors
Progressive tense
noun compound
preposition word
14. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
Progressive tense
appositive
comma splice
objective case
15. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative
Sentence functions
subject of the sentence
relative pronoun
Simple sentences forms
16. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
split infinitive
compound sentence
objective case
17. A form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun - adjective - or adverb
indicative mood
3 cases of pronouns
infinitive
interrogative pronoun
18. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
indicative mood
concrete noun
personal pronoun
8 types of pronouns
19. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
pronoun errors
interrogative pronoun
indefinite pronoun
interrogative statement
20. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
sentence fragment
Uses of 'that'
objective case
proper pronoun
21. 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
predicate noun
object
preposition word
declarative statement
22. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
clause
Sentence functions
personal pronoun
infinitive
23. 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.
abstract noun
interrogative pronoun
adverb
participial phase
24. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
Types of phrases
Non-coordinate adjectives
indirect object
relative pronoun
25. 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)
pronoun number error
third person
relative pronoun
nominative case
26. A sentence that has one independent clause
clause
independent clause
pronoun number error
simple sentence
27. Any one of a group of persons - places - things - or ideas and is generally not capitalized
indirect object
sentence
common noun names
proper pronoun
28. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
sentence
exclamatory statement
interrogative pronoun
subject
29. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
infinitive
adverb
positive adjective
verb
30. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
exclamatory statement
Non-coordinate adjectives
absolute phase
Types of phrases
31. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes
split infinitive
Uses of 'that'
gerund
future tense
32. 'To be' + present participle (ing)
relative pronoun
helping verbs
Ranking order
Progressive tense
33. Word or phrase that shows strong emotion or surprise (whoa - look - ah)
Non-coordinate adjectives
interjection
countable noun
Ranking order
34. 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."
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
independent clause
misplaced modifier
demonstrative pronoun
35. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
phrase
adverbs or adjectives
imperative
abstract noun
36. 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
pronoun reference errors
gerund
personal pronoun
subject
37. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
predicate
second person
subject of the sentence
collective noun
38. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
helping verbs
pronoun errors
Ranking order
object complement
39. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
declarative statement
nominative case
second person
interjection
40. Verbal acting like a noun
noncountable noun
adverb
gerund
personal pronoun
41. Describes subject
antecedent
positive adjective
predicate adjective
absolute phase
42. Noun - Pronoun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb - Conjunction - Preposition - Article - Interjection - Expletive - Verbal
Parts of speech
linking verbs
nominal of a sentence
interrogative pronoun
43. 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
Ranking order
indefinite pronoun
exclamatory statement
helping verbs
44. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
noun
Ranking order
positive adjective
object complement
45. Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
pronoun errors
countable noun
subjunctive
sentence fragment
46. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.
compound sentence
objective case
Ranking order
idiom
47. A ____________ has two or more independent clauses connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction - or a semi-colon.
subjunctive
compound sentence
first person
preposition word
48. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
Parts of sentences
independent clause
noncountable noun
regular verb
49. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
independent clause
past tense
complex sentence
nominative case
50. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound
helping verbs
interrogative statement
Simple sentences forms
abstract noun