GrammarL to J Quiz

Hannah Harris and Jacob KluchHorizon High SchoolParadise Valley District, Phoenix, AZ

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This type of verb describes a physical or

mental action.

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Action Verb

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What type of sentence is completed with an

adjective?

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Adjectival Complement

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An adjective that can function as a noun is

called a ____________.

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Adjectival Noun

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What type of clause is used like an adjective to

modify a noun or pronoun?

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Adjective Clause

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What part of speech describes a noun?

5Adjective

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What part of a sentence modifies the verb to show

time, manner, place, frequency, and degree?

Ex: It is nearly done.

6Adjuncts

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What part of speech is formed by adding -ly to an adjective and modifies the

meaning of a verb?

Ex: He ran quickly.

7Adverb

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What is it called when the words, sentences, and grammar in a sentence are in alignment

with each other?

8Agreement

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What is it called when a word or phrase at the end of a sentence is

repeated at the beginning of the next sentence?

Ex: Here, we don’t accept failure. Failure is not an option.

9Anadiplosis

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What is the word that a pronoun refers to or replaces?

10Antecedent

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What is the type of noun or pronoun phrase that, when

placed next to another, gives extra information or

explanation?

Ex: The dog, a West Highland White, started barking.

11Appositive

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What part of speech are the words “a,” “an,” and

“the?”

12Articles

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What type of adjective usually comes before the noun it modifies

without a linking verb?

13Attributive Adjective

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What type of verb usually appears as a verb phrase, using more than one verb to portray the action (also

called a helping verb)?

14Auxiliary Verb

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What must be done to the first word of a quoted sentence,

proper noun, or title?

Ex: Rainsford was shipwrecked on Ship Trap Island.

15Capitalization

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What words or phrases, similar to pronouns, point forward to something later in the text?

Ex: As he was unaccustomed to it, Jake found the pressure very

hard to deal with.

16Cataphora

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What is the part of the sentence that usually contains a subject

and a verb? It is usually connected to the other part of the

sentence by a conjunction.

17Clause

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What type of noun names a group of things?

Ex: The school of fish swam in perfect unison.

18Collective Noun

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What introduces a list of items or a long, formal quotation?

Ex: The team dreamed of the best way to end the season: practicing hard every day, giving each other

encouragement, playing hard during every game, and winning the state

title.

19Colon

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What do we use to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, or,

nor, so, yet)?

Ex: He did not study, so he thought the test was hard.

20Commas

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What form of adjective or adverb is used to compare

two things?

Ex: The Nile is longer than the Amazon.

21Comparatives

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What is the part of the sentence that comes after the verb and is

needed to make the sentence complete?

Ex: A glacier is a huge body of ice.

22Complement

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What type of sentence has one independent clause and at least

one dependent clause?

Ex: I ate the meal that you cooked.

23Complex Sentences

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What type of sentence is composed of at least two

independent clauses and does not require a dependent clause?

Ex: My friend invited me to a party, but my parents didn’t let

me go.

24Compound Sentence

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What connects words, phrases, or clauses?

Ex: like, and, but, when, or

25Conjunction

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What are words, phrases, or clauses that are unclear

regarding which element of the sentence they are modifying?

Ex: Having trouble sleeping, the TV helps me get through the

night.

26Dangling Modifiers

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What type of sentence makes a statement and ends in a period?

Ex: My birthday is in December.

27Declarative Sentence

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The word “the” is an example of a(n):

28Definite Article

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What are words/phrases that can be understood from the

context of the text?

Ex: Tom’s interview was about to start and he was feeling

nervous about it.

29Deixis

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This indicates whether something is near or far from the speaker or writer and also shows whether something is

singular or plural.

Ex: Could you pass me those books?

30Demonstrative

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This type of clause cannot stand alone and needs another clause

to complete the meaning.

Ex: After their club meeting, the girls walked home together.

31Dependent Clause

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The __________ of a verb is affected by the action of a

verb.

Ex: She closed the door.

32Direct Object

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A ______________ is a word or phrase used in conversation to

signal the speaker’s intention to mark a boundary.

Ex: “Anyway, I’ll have to be going now.”

33Discourse Marker

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This expresses the speaker or writer’s attitude to what is being

described in the sentence.

Ex: Fortunately, we managed to get there on time.

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Disjuncts

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What is a series of marks that usually indicate an intentional

omission of a word or sentence?

Ex: “What should I do this weekend…?”

35Ellipses

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A _____________ clause is a clause in which some words have been

left out.

Ex: I don’t want to go (to the beach).

36Elliptical Clause

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of different

phrases, clauses, or sentences is called _____________.

Ex: When I was a child, I spoke as a child.

37Epistrophe

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The history of a word is ______________.

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Etymology

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This type of sentence uses, contains, or

expresses an exclamation.

Ex: Have fun storming the castle!

39Exclamatory

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What person is used in the sentence below?

Ex: When I go on road trips, I like to keep my car’s tank of gas full.

40First Person

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What are incomplete sentences called?

Ex: Such as electrical, chemical, and industrial engineering.

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Fragments

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This verb tense expresses an action that has not

happened yet.

Ex: I will walk to the park.

42Future Tense

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A ___________ is a verb when it acts a noun.

Ex: Studying is good for you.

43Gerund

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An expression that is particular to a specific language is called a(n)

______________.

Ex: He is pushing up daisies.

44Idiom

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This type of sentence gives advice or instructions or expresses a request or

command.

Ex: Turn in your papers as soon as you get into class.

45Imperative Sentence

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The words “a” and “an” are:

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Indefinite Article

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These words replace nouns without specifying which noun

they replace.

Ex: He has one job during the school year and another during

the summer.

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Indefinite Pronouns

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These act as complete sentences

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Independent Clauses

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The ______________ of a verb is not directly affected by the

action, but can either receive the direct object or have the

action done for them.

Ex: She sent James the letter.

49Indefinite Object

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_______________ usually occur with “to” and it is a verb that shows no person, tense, or

aspect.

Ex: I had to go.

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Infinitive Phrases

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These words or short phrases are used in speech to gain

attention, to exclaim, protest, or command.

Ex: Wait! What’s going on here?

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Interjection

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These verbs do not have a direct object.

Ex: The guards stood at the front door of the bank.

52Intransitive Verb

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This sets off words when referring to foreign words,

words that are being emphasized, or words that are

not common in English.

Ex: What does the word persona mean?

53Italics

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This is the language used by people who work in a particular

area or who have a common interest.

Ex: I need an O.R., stat!

54Jargon

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This type of verb links the subject of a sentence to a

word in the predicate.

Ex: Donna is a shopaholic.

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Linking Verb

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This type of verb is an auxiliary verb like can, may, must, etc.

that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility.

Ex: We can find your house without using Google.com for

directions.

56Modal Verb

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The _______ of a verb is the manner in which the action or

condition is conceived or intended.

Ex: Please provide a copy of your driver’s license.

57Mood

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This unit of language has meaning, but differs from a

word because one cannot stand alone.

Ex: Breaking a mirror is considered unlucky.

58Morpheme

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This term applies to a list of names and/or terms

Ex: We use the Dewey Decimal System in modern libraries.

59Nomenclature

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This gives extra information about a noun or noun phrase

and has commas at both ends.

Ex: My sister, who lives in France, is coming to stay with

me next week.

60Non-Defining Relative Clause

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Speakers who do not pronounce the letter “r” after vowels in

words are called what?

Ex: Most of the world’s surface is covered in water.

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Non-Rhotic

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This follows and modifies or refers to a

direct object.

Ex: The school voted Elizabeth class

president.

62Object Complement

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This is the study of pronunciation or correct

punctuation.

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Orthoepy

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This type of word reads the same back or forward.

Ex: He was able to finish the dangerous race

without damaging his racecar.

64Palindrome

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This is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or

clauses that can improve writing style and readability.

Ex: Mary likes swimming, hiking, and riding a bicycle.

65Parallel Structure

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This is a verb used as an adjective that usually ends in -

ing or -ed.

Ex: The crashing wave pounded on the beach.

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Participle

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When the subject receives the action, you are speaking what

voice?

Ex: The mailman was bitten by the dog.

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Passive Voice

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This tense is used for past actions that happened at a specific time, which can be

given by a time phrase.

Ex: I liked the movie we saw last night.

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Past Simple Tense

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Use a _________ at the end of all declarative

sentences, most imperative sentences.

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Period

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The three types are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

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Person

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A simple sentence can be divided into two parts: the

subject and the ____________.

Ex: She wrote a book.

71Predicate

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A word that links a noun, pronoun, or gerund to other words and show direction is

called a __________.

Ex: He’s going to the shop.

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Preposition

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This is the combination of a preposition and its complement.

Ex: She left early to get to the bank.

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Prepositional Phrases

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This depicts actions that are repeated or habitual.

Ex: I get up at 9:00 A.M.

74Present Simple Tense

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Use these at the beginning and at the end of a direct quotation.

Ex: When I asked her what happened, she responded, “Our

car broke down.”

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Quotation Mark

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The use of unnecessary words or phrases that express something

already said is called ____________.

Ex: If all of us cooperate together, we will succeed.

76Redundancy

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These are words such as that, who, which, whose, and whom and can be used to introduce

clauses in sentences.

Ex: The woman who interviewed me was very friendly.

77Relative Pronouns

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This is an object in a passive sentence that would also be the

object in an active sentence.

Ex: She was given the job by the previous manager. The previous

manager gave her the job.

78Retained Object

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This is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses

(complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation

or conjunction.

Ex: The next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it, you

should start studying right away.

79Run-On Sentence

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This is the vowel sound in many lightly pronounced, unaccented syllables in words of more than

one syllable.

Ex: a in adept, e in synthesis,

i in decimal

80Schwa

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This is used when referring to someone as

“you.”

Ex: When are you coming home?

81Second Person

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Use a ___________ in place of a period to separate two

sentences where the conjunction has been left out.

Ex: The sun is high; put on some sun block.

82Semicolon

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This is a group of words that tells a complete thought,

typically containing a subject and predicate.

Ex: Hopefully there won’t be a lot of homework in this class.

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Sentence

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This type of sentence contains one subject and one main verb,

as well as one independent clause.

Ex: I like coffee.

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Simple Sentence

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This is when a word of phrase comes between the particle “to”

and the verb in an infinitive.

Ex: “to boldly go where no man has gone before”

85Split-Infinitive

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This is when nouns and adjectives refer to the

subject.

Ex: Glaciers are beautiful and potentially dangerous

at the same time.

86Subject Complement

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When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns,

use a plural noun.

Ex: She and her friends are at the fair.

87Subject/Verb Agreement

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This form of a verb expresses the action or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the

mind still contingent and dependent.

Ex: If need be, you may have extra time on your assignment.

88Subjunctive Mood

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This form of an adjective or adverb that shows which things has the

quality above or below the level of others.

Ex: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the

world.

89Superlative

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When two near-synonyms are placed in near

proximity, it is called __________.

Ex: Draw a round circle.

90Tautology

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This is used to show the relation between the

action or state described by the verb and the time, which is reflected in the

form of the verb.

91Tense

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This is used when referring to any person, place, or thing other than the speaker, using he, she,

and it.

Ex: He decided to go for a run on the beach.

92Third Person

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This is an action verb that appears with a direct

object.

Ex: He slammed the book down on the table.

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Transitive Verb

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These words are used to express action, a

condition, or a state of being.

Ex: He plays basketball.

94Verb

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This form of a verb is used as a different part of speech.

Ex: We can only learn to love by loving.

95Verbal

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This shows past, present, and future.

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Verb Tense

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Use the he/him method to decide which word is correct

and one typically follows a preposition.

Ex: _____ wrote the letter?For _____ should I vote?

97Who v. Whom

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This is the omission of the article “the” or “a(n).”

Ex: This plant grows in sandy soil and on the edges of swamps.

98Zero Article

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This figure of speech describes the joining of two or more parts

of a sentence with a single common verb or noun.

Ex: He lost his coat and his temper.

99Zeugma

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