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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. A phase that is related to a sentence in meaning though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence.






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






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






4. (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






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






6. Takes the place of a noun and begins with a capitol letter






7. Renames subject






8. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






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






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






14. A word or group of words that can function as a noun






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






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






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






18. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






23. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






24. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






25. Verbal acting like a noun






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






27. 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)






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






29. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone






30. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






35. A sentence that has one independent clause






36. 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.)


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






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






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






40. 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)






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






42. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






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






47. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






48. Renames a noun






49. A sentence that makes a command






50. 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