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Grammar Fundamentals
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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. When the action begins in the past and is completed in the past (I had hoped to be finished by November.)
Parts of sentences
complex sentence
past tense
positive adjective
2. Sentence - Clause - Phrase
Ranking order
dependent clause
predicate noun
active voice sentences
3. 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."
linking verbs
past tense
indirect object
misplaced modifier
4. 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.
future tense
participial phase
interrogative pronoun
indefinite pronoun
5. Answer these 5 questions - how - when - where - why - how often - and NOT
helping verbs
Ranking order
noun
adverb
6. Tells what the subject is or does
Non-coordinate adjectives
predicate
countable noun
comma splice
7. Renames or describes the direct object
object complement
comma splice
Modifiers
predicate adjective
8. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
collective noun
personal pronoun
interrogative pronoun
noun
9. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
Sentence functions
subordinating conjunction
sentence
split infinitive
10. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
comma splice
helping verbs
participial phase
Run-on sentence
11. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
Run-on sentence
adjective clause
third person
Simple sentences forms
12. The point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story - using words like I we - and us
third person
first person
second person
nominative case
13. Verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the present - E.g. play-played- - like-liked
indicative mood
Non-coordinate adjectives
predicate adjective
regular verb
14. The _____ of a sentence receives the action of the verb
adjective
transitive verb
noun clauses
object
15. A word that begins a subordinate clause and relates it to another idea in the sentence: that - which - who - whom - whose
split infinitive
relative pronoun
phrase
verb
16. Sentence where independent clauses are joined incorrectly - Comma splice - I ate he slept. (Need semi-colon!)
compound sentence
Run-on sentence
indirect object
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
17. Phrases - Clauses - Objects (Direct and indirect) - Object of prepositions - Subject - Predicate
declarative statement
object
compound sentence
Parts of sentences
18. A sentence that asks a question--- "Why do I have to wash my hands ?"
interrogative statement
prepositional phrase
comma splice
Ranking order
19. When noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
preposition word
interrogative pronoun
helping verbs
nominative case
20. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun - answer these 3 questions: which one - how many - what kind - e.g. articles
Non-coordinate adjectives
adjective
sentence fragment
declarative statement
21. Verbal acting like a noun
second person
noun compound
gerund
independent clause
22. An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
indicative mood
exclamatory statement
interrogative pronoun
clause
23. A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
phrase
nominative case
pronoun number error
indicative mood
24. Verb used as a command
imperative
indirect object
phrase
objective case
25. Describes subject
idiom
3 cases of pronouns
predicate adjective
object complement
26. A phrase consisting of a preposition - a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition - and any modifiers
prepositional phrase
Run-on sentence
adjective
countable noun
27. 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
Conditional tense/Subjunctive mood
absolute phase
indefinite pronoun
indirect object
28. The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said - using the personal pronoun "you." This point of view is rare.
second person
compound sentence
regular verb
interjection
29. A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
noun compound
pronoun number error
third person
split infinitive
30. Names a person - place - or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses
collective noun
concrete noun
predicate
preposition word
31. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise
intransitive verb
exclamatory statement
declarative statement
indicative mood
32. A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it - This - that - these - those
dependent clause
demonstrative pronoun
appositive
Modifiers
33. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb
Types of phrases
participial phase
abstract noun
indirect object
34. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
noun compound
personal pronoun
sentence
object of the preposition
35. A word that expresses action or a state of being
Modifiers
verb
collective noun
absolute phase
36. Renames a noun
compound sentence
appositive
noun
Uses of 'that'
37. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
Progressive tense
subjunctive
predicate noun
noun compound
38. Can be subject - do - io - oc - obj. of preposition - appositive or predicate noun
object complement
noun clauses
predicate
abstract noun
39. Clause contains a subject and a verb - AND it can stand alone
Uses of 'that'
sentence
independent clause
noun clauses
40. Any group of words that is missing either a Subject or a Verb.
declarative statement
subject
subject of the sentence
phrase
41. When a noun or pronoun is the direct object - indirect object or object of a preposition
Uses of 'that'
objective case
simple sentence
pronoun
42. A noun that cannot be made plural via changing the ending - usually by adding "s"
pronoun number error
exclamatory statement
pronoun
noncountable noun
43. A word or group of words that can function as a noun
imperative statement
complex sentence
nominal of a sentence
pronoun number error
44. There are two main types of ______ - pronoun reference - pronoun number singular or plural.
pronoun errors
proper pronoun
object
interrogative pronoun
45. 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)
compound sentence
pronoun reference errors
past tense
intransitive verb
46. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does
indicative mood
Modifiers
helping verbs
split infinitive
47. Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms - without comparing it to anything else. example: This is a HOT day.
positive adjective
compound sentence
antecedent
pronoun errors
48. 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)
adverb
Progressive tense
third person
idiom
49. A ___________ has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
infinitive
complex sentence
relative pronoun
pronoun errors
50. This error occurs when the number singular or plural pronoun does not match the subject is that they are replacing.
Simple sentences forms
pronoun number error
helping verbs
Uses of 'that'