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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






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






3. Verbal acting like a noun






4. Must place your word next to the one you're modifying






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






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






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






8. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






13. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






14. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






15. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question






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






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






18. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes






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






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






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






22. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






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






25. Describes subject






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






27. Renames a noun






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






29. (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






30. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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)






41. 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






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






44. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






45. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does






46. A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"






47. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






50. Renames or describes the direct object