Grammar Final

Question 1

List the two types of clauses.

Answer 1

dependent

independent

Question 2

What are the three ways that a dependent clause can be used?

Answer 2

1. adjective
2. adverb
3. noun

Question 3

A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition and what other major job of a noun?

Answer 3

object of the preposition

Question 4

Which verbal can act as an adjective, adverb, or noun?

Answer 4

infinitive

Question 5

What two parts of speech can a prepositional phrase act as?

Answer 5

adjective

adverb

Question 6

Which verbal always ends in -ing?

Answer 6

gerund

Question 7

Which verbal always acts as an adjective?

Answer 7

participial

Question 8

List the three types of clue words that can begin dependent clauses.

Answer 8

1. signal
2. relative
3. subordinating conjunction

Question 9

Verbs agree with the subject in number. What two words deal with the number of the subject and verb?

Answer 9

singular & plural

Question 10

If two subjects are joined by “either or” how do you know what the number of the subject is?

Answer 10

look at the subject closest to the verb

Question 11

What troublesome pronouns are always singular?

Answer 11

each, either, neither, endings “one” & “body”

Question 12

What troublesome pronouns are always plural?

Answer 12

both, few, several, many

Question 13

What troublesome pronouns can be either singular or plural in number?

Answer 13

some, any, none, all, most

Question 14

one independent clause

Answer 14

simple sentence

Question 15

A pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number. What other way does a pronoun have to agree with its antecedent?

Answer 15

gender

Question 16

Besides fractions, how do you tell if an amount is singular or plural?

Answer 16

see if it’s being used collectively as a unit or not

Question 17

two/more independent clauses

Answer 17

compound sentence

Question 18

A compound subject joined by and is always plural unless what?

Answer 18

unless the subject is acting as a unit

Question 19

What are the three cases of pronouns called?

Answer 19

1. nominative
2. objective
3. possessive

Question 20

one independent clause and one/more dependent clauses

Answer 20

complex sentence

Question 21

Which pronoun case would the indirect object be in?

Answer 21

objective

Question 22

Which pronoun case would the appositive that is renaming the subject be in?

Answer 22

nominative

Question 23

two/more independent clauses and one/more dependent clauses

Answer 23

compound-complex sentence

Question 24

List the two parts of speech that a possessive pronoun can act as.

Answer 24

1. adjective

2. pronoun

Question 25

What two clue words begin an incomplete clause?

Answer 25

than, as

Question 26

What letter of the alphabet is associated with the objective case?

Answer 26

m

Question 27

The word "she" is in what case?

Answer 27

nominative

Question 28

The word "his" is in what case?

Answer 28

possessive

Question 29

What are the nominative case pronouns?

Answer 29

I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they, who, whoever

Question 30

What are the objective case pronouns?

Answer 30

me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them, whom, whomever

Question 31

What are the possessive case pronouns?

Answer 31

my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, our, ours, their, theirs, its, his

Question 32

What jobs are associated with the nominative case?

Answer 32

predicate nominative, | subject

Question 33

What jobs are associated with the objective case?

Answer 33

DO, IO, OP

Question 34

When the subject is a fraction how do you know whether the verb is singular or plural?

Answer 34

look at the OP

Question 35

What conjunction verbs are always singular?

Answer 35

doesn't, isn't, wasn't

Question 36

What are adverb clauses introduced by?

Answer 36

subordinating conjunctions

Question 37

who, whom, which, that, whose, when, where

Answer 37

relatives

Question 38

What conjunction verbs are always plural?

Answer 38

don't, aren't, weren't

Question 39

What are noun clauses introduced by?

Answer 39

signal words

Question 40

after, although, as, as if, as much as, as long as, as soon as, because, before, if, in order that, lest, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, while

Answer 40

subordinating conjunctions

Question 41

that, whether, if, who, whom, whose, which, what, when, where, why, how, whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever

Answer 41

signal words

Question 42

What are adjective clauses introduced by?

Answer 42

relatives

Question 43

a noun that renames a noun before it/ to the left of it

Answer 43

appositive

Question 44

a group of related words with no subject and verb

Answer 44

phrase

Question 45

What are the three types of verbals?

Answer 45

1. gerund 2. participial 3. infinitive

Question 46

verbal that always ends in -ing

Answer 46

gerund

Question 47

What parts of speech can a participial act as?

Answer 47

adjective

Question 48

What do participials end in?

Answer 48

ing, ed, en, t, d

Question 49

What jobs can a gerund act as?

Answer 49

DO, IO, PN, OP, App

Question 50

What part of speech can a gerund act as?

Answer 50

noun

Question 51

What parts of speech can infinitives act as?

Answer 51

noun, adjective, adverb

Question 52

What jobs can an infinitive acting as a noun act as?

Answer 52

subject, DO, IO, PN, OP, App

Question 53

a group of related words that have a subject and a verb

Answer 53

clause