SECTION B : BASIC GRAMMAR

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Nouns are words that appear before and after a verb and after a preposition.
Apostrophes are used to form the possessive case of nouns.
Nouns may function as subjects or articles.

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Singular count nouns cannot appear alone.
Noncount nouns can appear alone or be preceded by a or an.
Noncount nouns can be preceded by some, any, or more.

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A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
A relative pronoun refers back to the coun it replaces.
The relative pronouns who, whom and which refer to people.

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The verb is the second part of speech (with nouns or noun substitutes the first) necessary to make a clause.
Verbs have different tenses to denote actions occurring in different times.
In English, all verbs are regular in their formation of tense.

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Verbals can take the place of verbs in a clause.
There are three kinds of verbals: infinitives, gerunds, and participles.
The verbal known as a participle functions as an adjective.

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He bought vegetables is in the active voice.
The vegetables were bought by my friend is in the passive voice.
Decisions were passed by the newly appointed committee is in the active voice.

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Multiple adjectives can be used to modify a noun but multiple adverbs cannot be used to modify a verb.
Adjectives can modify nouns but adverbs cannot.
Both adjectives and adverbs are words used to modify other words or groups of words.

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One-syllable adjectives can be made comparative by adding er, superlative by adding est, as in slower and slowest.
Many two syllable adjectives are made comparative by adding more in front and superlative by adding most in front, as in more creative, most creative.
If you wish to intensify an adjective further, you can combine the two effects as in most happiest.

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A subordinate conjunction can join two equal clauses and thus form a compound sentence.
There are more subordinate conjunctions than coordinate conjunctions.
A single sentence can use both a coordinate and a subordinate conjunction.

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Like conjunctions, prepositions are linking words.
There are fewer than one hundred prepositions in English.
A preposition can introduce a phrase or a clause.

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An article has an adjectival function.
A is used before one syllable words, an before two (or more) syllable words.
The denotes a specific object while a denotes a generic object.

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Phrases are groups of words acting as nouns, verbs, or modifiers.
Phrases cannot be longer than three words.
Phrases cannot have both a subject and a verb.

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An independent clause is complete in itself and can stand as a sentence.
A dependent clause can only complete its meaning when attached to an independent clause.
A dependent clause can be complete when a phrase is added.

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Adjective clauses modify nouns, pronouns, or verbs.
Adjective clauses are typically introduced by relative pronouns (who, that) or relative adverbs (when, where).
Adjective clauses cannot stand alone.

Fill in the blank in each of the following questions

15. Nouns are frequently preceded by__________.

articles
pronouns
verbs

16. The possessive case of singular nouns, including those that end in s, is formed by adding ___________ .

'
's
s'

17. The instructor told __________ to finish her exam immediately.

her
she
it

18. She was the person __________ appeared late for the exam.

who
whom
which

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19. The present perfect tense for I stand is I ___________

stood
have stood
have been standing

20. Verbs like appear, become, seem are called __________ verbs.

modal
irregular
linking

21. In "Running is his passion," running is a(n) __________.

infinitive
gerund
pariticiple

22. For some reason, he always brings __________ apple with his lunch.

an
a
the

23. In "Oh! You're kidding," Oh is an __________.

article
adjective
interjection

24. In "My car, an old Volkswagen, is on its last legs," an old Volkswagen is a(n) __________ phrase.

participle
gerund

appositive

25. In "When she studies, she plays CDs," when she studies is a(n) __________ clause.

dependent
adverb
adjective

26. In "The book that was left on the desk is now gone," that was left on the desk is a __________ clause.

restrictive
nonrestrictive
independent

27. In "To be as old as she is and still run marathons is amazing," the words preceding is amazing constitute a(n) __________.

gerund phrase
infinitive phrase
dependent clause

28. A dependent clause can be linked to an independent clause by using a __________.

coordinate conjunction
preposition
subordinate conjunction

29. An absolute phrase modifies __________.

the subject
the entire clause
the verb

Answer whether the following statements are true or false

30. There are nine parts of speech in English.

true
false

31. The parts of speech that are essential to create a sentence are the noun, the pronoun, and the adjective.

true
false

32. When using the apostrophe to denote the possessive case, it doesn't matter whether you place it in front of or behind a concluding s.

true
false

33. A collective noun (crowd, team, audience) identifies a group of people and therefore must always be treated as a plural noun.

true
false

34. The form of a pronoun alters when it is functioning as an object as opposed to when it is functioning as a subject

true
false

35. The relative pronoun which can refer to things, animals, and people.

true
false

36. The term "transitive" refers to verbs that must always take an object, as in "She threw the stick for the dog."

true
false

37. The only way to learn how to conjugate irregular verbs is to consult a dictionary or a grammar handbook.

true
false

38. The article a is used before a word beginning with a consonant, while the is used before a word beginning with a vowel.

true
false

39. The difference between phrases and clauses is that phrases are introduced by subordinate conjunctions.

true
false

40. A verbal phrase used as an adjective, as in "Tired from his studying, Jaswinder went out," is called a participial phrase.

true
false

41. A restrictive appositive phrase is set off with commas while a nonrestrictive appositive phrase is not

true
false

42. Dependent clauses are made dependent by the subordinating words that initiate them.

true
false