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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. The part of the sentence about which something is said or the person - place - or thing that does the action






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






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






4. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions.






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






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






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






8. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






9. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






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






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






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






13. Tells what the subject is or does






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






15. 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)






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






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






18. A sentence that has one independent clause






19. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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."






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






37. 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.






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






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






40. Verb used as a command






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. (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






48. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






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