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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
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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. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






2. 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






3. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






4. 'To be' + present participle (ing)






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






15. An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g. - 'to boldly go')






16. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






18. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Renames or describes the direct object






26. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






30. Sentence - Clause - Phrase






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






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






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






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






35. 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)






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






37. A sentence that makes a command






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






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






41. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






42. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






43. 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.






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






45. Renames subject






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






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






48. Verbal acting like a noun






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






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