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ENC 1101 Grammar Exam with verified answers
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Subject [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔who [!] or [!] what [!] the [!] sentence [!] is [!] about Predicate [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔tells [!] what [!] the [!] subject [!] is [!] or [!] does Object [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Receives [!] the [!] action [!] of [!] the [!] verb direct [!] object [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔the [!] object [!] that [!] receives [!] the [!] direct [!] action [!] of [!] the [!] verb inderect [!] object [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔tells [!] us [!] to [!] whom [!] or [!] for [!] whom [!] the [!] action [!] was [!] done clause [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔A [!] grammatical [!] unit [!] that [!] contains [!] both [!] a [!] subject [!] and [!] a [!] verb. phrase [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔A [!] group [!] of [!] words [!] without [!] a [!] subject [!] and [!] a [!] verb
prepostional [!] phrase [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔includes [!] a [!] preposition, [!] the [!] object [!] of [!] the [!] preposition, [!] and [!] any [!] modifiers [!] of [!] that [!] object infinitve [!] phrase [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Phrase [!] that [!] includes [!] the [!] infinitive [!] form [!] of [!] a [!] verb gerund [!] phrase [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Begins [!] with [!] noun [!] form [!] of [!] verb [!] ending [!] in [!] -ing, [!] plus [!] any [!] modifiers [!] or [!] complements participal [!] phrase [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔phrase [!] that [!] begins [!] with [!] a [!] verbal [!] ending [!] in [!] -ing [!] or [!] -ed [!] - [!] Serves [!] as [!] an [!] adjective declartive [!] sentence [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔is [!] a [!] sentence [!] that [!] tells [!] something [!] and [!] ends [!] in [!] a [!] period imperative [!] sentence [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔sentence [!] used [!] to [!] command [!] or [!] enjoin interogitive [!] sentence [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔asks [!] a [!] question [!] and [!] ends [!] with [!] a [!] question [!] mark exclamatory [!] sentence [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔a [!] sentence [!] that [!] conveys [!] excitement [!] or [!] force
present [!] perfect [!] tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔verb [!] tense [!] that [!] describes [!] an [!] action [!] that [!] began [!] in [!] the [!] past [!] but [!] continues [!] til [!] the [!] present. [!] Ex. [!] Have [!] heard, [!] Has [!] played, [!] Has [!] run past [!] perfect [!] tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔had [!] + [!] past [!] participle Future [!] Perfect [!] Tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Expresses [!] action [!] which [!] will [!] begin [!] in [!] the [!] future [!] and [!] be [!] completed [!] by [!] a [!] specific [!] time [!] in [!] the [!] future. present [!] progessive [!] tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔actions [!] in [!] progress past [!] progressive [!] tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Used [!] for [!] events [!] that [!] continued [!] for [!] some [!] time [!] in [!] the [!] past. [!] It [!] usually [!] sets [!] the [!] scene [!] for [!] another [!] action. Form: [!] was [!] / [!] were [!] + [!] present [!] participle → [!] Mrs [!] Sun [!] was [!] running [!] when [!] I [!] saw [!] her. → [!] I [!] was [!] painting [!] while [!] he [!] was [!] drawing. present [!] progressive [!] tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔verb [!] tense [!] that [!] shows [!] action [!] in [!] progress. [!] Ex. [!] Am [!] hearing, [!] Is [!] playing, [!] Are [!] running
Past [!] Perfect [!] Progressive [!] Tense [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔This [!] tense [!] is [!] used [!] to [!] show [!] that [!] the [!] action [!] had [!] been [!] going [!] on [!] for [!] a [!] period [!] of [!] time [!] in [!] the [!] past [!] when [!] another [!] action, [!] also [!] in [!] the [!] past, [!] occurred. [!] Example: [!] "I [!] had [!] been [!] sleeping [!] for [!] an [!] hour [!] when [!] you [!] phoned." [!] (had [!] been [!] sleeping) "We [!] had [!] been [!] eating [!] our [!] dinner [!] when [!] they [!] came [!] into [!] the [!] dining [!] room." [!] (had [!] been [!] eating) indicative [!] mood [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔used [!] for [!] statements [!] of [!] fact imperative [!] mood [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔give [!] commands Subjuntive [!] Mood [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Expresses [!] a [!] wish Adverb [!] comparative [!] form [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔when [!] two [!] things [!] are [!] being [!] compared Adverb [!] Superlative [!] Form [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔used [!] when [!] three [!] or [!] more [!] things [!] are [!] being [!] compared
subordinating [!] conjunction [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔connects [!] an [!] independent [!] clause [!] with [!] one [!] or [!] more [!] dependent [!] clauses; [!] examples: [!] since, [!] before, [!] unless, [!] however Subordinating [!] conjunction [!] examples [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔after, [!] since, [!] before, [!] while, [!] because, [!] although, [!] so [!] that, [!] if, [!] when, [!] whenever, [!] as, [!] even [!] though, [!] until, [!] unless, [!] as [!] if Coordination [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔Grammatical [!] equivalence [!] between [!] parts [!] of [!] a [!] sentence, [!] often [!] through [!] a [!] coordinating [!] conjunction [!] such [!] as [!] and, [!] or [!] but. Subordination [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔The [!] dependence [!] of [!] one [!] syntactical [!] element [!] on [!] another [!] in [!] a [!] sentence. misplaced [!] modifier [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔A [!] modifier [!] that [!] is [!] not [!] placed [!] near [!] the [!] word [!] it [!] modifies dangling [!] modifier [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔a [!] word [!] or [!] phrase [!] that [!] modifies [!] a [!] word [!] not [!] clearly [!] stated [!] in [!] the [!] sentence limiting [!] modifier [!] - [!] Correct [!] answer [!] ✔A [!] word [!] that [!] restricts [!] the [!] words [!] it [!] modifies.
A [!] limiting [!] modifier [!] usually [!] modifies [!] the [!] word [!] immediately [!] to [!] its [!] right. [!] The [!] most [!] common [!] limiting [!] modifiers [!] are: [!] almost, [!] hardly, [!] nearly, [!] just, [!] only, [!] merely. → [!] Martin [!] eats [!] only [!] pears. → [!] Almost [!] everyone [!] is [!] asleep. → [!] Nearly [!] four [!] score [!] and [!] seven [!] years [!] ago, [!] the [!] constitution [!] was [!] ratified.