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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. A sentence that has one independent clause






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






3. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






4. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.






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






6. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun






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






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






9. Prepositions function as ___or ___






10. 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)






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






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






13. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






14. Describes subject






15. (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






16. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






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






22. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.






23. Tells what the subject is or does






24. Renames or describes the direct object






25. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted






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






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






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






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






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






32. Renames subject






33. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






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






35. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






38. The word - phrase - or clause referred to by a pronoun.






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






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






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






42. 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."






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. Verb used as a command






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






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