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

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

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

4. (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

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

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

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

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

9. Simple - Complex - Compound - Complex-compound

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. A sentence that communicate a strong emotion or surprise

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

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

19. 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."

20. 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

21. A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted

22. 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

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

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

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