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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • 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. Is - am - was - were - can - may - will - were - did - does






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






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






4. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






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






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






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






9. Tells what the subject is or does






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






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






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






13. A sentence that has one independent clause






14. Verb used as a command






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






16. 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






17. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






18. Verbal acting like a noun






19. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise






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






21. (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






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






23. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






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






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






26. 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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27. Renames a noun






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






29. 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)






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






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






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






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






34. Subjective - Objective - Possessive






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






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






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






38. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Renames subject






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






50. 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