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Grammer exam Flashcards

1
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A diagram is a graphical look at the relationship of

the …..

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words, phrases and clauses.

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2
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Noun clauses are used as …..

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subjects or objects

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3
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Dependent clauses are often called….

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subordinate clauses

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4
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Adjective clauses open with a relative pronoun….

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That, which, who, whom, whose.

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5
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locate all the verbs….

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the, identify and position their subjects

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6
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Decide which subject/verb pairings are independent

….

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and which are dependent

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7
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Connect adjective and adverb subject/verb to the

words.

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Position all noun clauses.

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8
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Verbs are words of….

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action or being

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9
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Independent clauses are….

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the focus

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10
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Dependent clauses have….

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triggers

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11
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Gerunds are verbs…

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used as nouns. They always end in the progressive

from ending in “ing”

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12
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Prepositional phrases must have two portions…

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a preposition and an objects

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13
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Subjects can be

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compounded

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14
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verbs can be

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compounded

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15
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objects can be

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compounded

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16
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Retained objects

Verbs have two voices….

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active and passive

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17
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Although applications of punctuation have altered since the 17th century and the art calligraphy has developed multiple styles of penmanship….

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The basic structural elements of English have remained the same throughout the history of are English language.

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18
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The nine parts of speech are….

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Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection and article

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19
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Nouns are names of ….

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person, places. things or ideas

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20
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Phrases as nouns fall into groupings…

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gerund or infinitive

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21
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gerund always ends with the suffix

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ing

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22
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An infinitive always uses the infinitive form of…

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the verb

23
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the form of an infinitive is

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“to be” form

24
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Pronoun are words used in place a….

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noun

25
Q

generally to avoid….

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repetition or awkward constructions.

26
Q

Five types of pronouns …..

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personal, indefinite, interrogative, demonstrative,

relative.

27
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first person subjective

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I

28
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first person objective

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me

29
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first person possessive

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my, mine

30
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second person subjective

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you, thou

31
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second person objective

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you, thee

32
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second person possessive

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your, yours, thy, thine

33
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third person subjective

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he, she, it

34
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third person objective

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him, her, it

35
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third person possessive

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his, hers, her, its

36
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An antecedent is the noun to which…

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a pronoun refers

37
Q

Today we would drop the capital letter and…

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the comma

38
Q

This is not a change in meaning because it is not a…

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a change in sentence structure

39
Q

The words “that every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement
is still the…

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object of the verb “say”. The “that is still a relative pronoun, introducing a noun clause.

40
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Verbs are the heart of our…

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language

41
Q

the most common liking verbs is.

They are as follows..

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am, is are, was, were, be, being, and been

42
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the various forms of irregular verb.

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have, having, has, and had.

43
Q

we add the irregular verbs….

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hath and hast

44
Q

consult a dictionary when in doubt regarding the..

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spelling of a verb.

45
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present principal part chart

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arise

46
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past principal part chart

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arose

47
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past participle principal part chart

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arisen

48
Q

principal part chart present (to split)

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cleave

49
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principal part chart past

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clove

50
Q

principal part chart past participle

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cloven/cleft

51
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principal part chart present (to cling)

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cleave

52
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principal part chart past

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cleft/cleaved

53
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principal part chart past participle

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cleft/cleaved

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