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JOURN 2100: GRAMMAR TEST
nouns |
person, place, or thing
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pronouns |
that, which, who
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Verb |
the part of speech that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being
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adjective
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descriptive word that modifies nouns or pronouns
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Adverbs
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modify verbs (usually end in “-ly”)
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prepositions
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connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence; of, in over, with, to, by
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Conjunctions
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short joining words...
FANBOYS...
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Example: She could not wear her short shirt to school , but she could wear her long shirt.
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Interjections
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Gosh!, Shit!, Ouch!
When diagrammed, it is put on a line by itself above the diagram.
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subject |
simple or complete
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Predicate |
the part of the sentence that says something about the subject
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direct object
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receives the action
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indirect object
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a noun or pronoun that tells to or for whom an action was done
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object of the preposition
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noun/pronoun following preposition
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active |
tells something specific
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passive |
not specific about what/who said it
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who vs. whom
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who=equal to a subject
whom=objective
•Test: Rearrange sentence. Would you say he or him? (he=who; him=whom)
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transitive |
being acted upon. has a direct object.
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intransitive
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no direct object
she sits outside
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lay |
to put, to place
lay laid laid laying
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lie
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to recline
to lie
to lay
lain
lying
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subjunctive
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expresses something contrary to a fact, a hope, wish, dream
"if i were...."
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double negatives
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NO NO NO
No:i can't hardly
yes: i can hardly
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that |
no commas, essential info
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which
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nonessential information, has a comma
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