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Grammar Fundamentals

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted






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






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






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






5. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound






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






7. Prepositions function as ___or ___






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






9. Renames or describes the direct object






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






11. 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)






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






13. Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma






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






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






16. 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."






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






18. Declaratory - Interrogative - Exclamatory - Imperative






19. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.






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






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






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






23. Is - seem - are - was - were - be - been - get - stay -become






24. Prepositional - Participial - Gerundive - Infinitive - Verb






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






26. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. It is supposed to be absolutely clear who is being referred to by a pronoun. If you cannot tell who a pronoun is referring to it is ambiguous and must be fixed.






33. A sentence that makes a statement or declaration






34. 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)






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Renames a noun






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






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






46. Verbal acting like a noun






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






48. 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






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






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