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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Adjective used when no comparison being made; example: This is a HOT day.






2. This - that - these - those






3. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air






4. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE






5. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.






6. Tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done; example: Jack showed the DOG kindness.






7. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.






8. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.






9. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it






10. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been






11. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff






12. When using pronoun - the noun to which it refers; example: HE heard. NICHOLAS heard. // pronouns should agree with number and gender; example: NICHOLAS heard a LIBRARIAN tell STORIES.






13. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some






14. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence






15. About - behind - above - across - as - after - between - beyond - beside - despite - during - for - inside - in - near - off - outside - onto - opposite - around - against - along - at - before - below - beneath - but - by - down - except - from - in






16. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.






17. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.






18. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.






19. Phrase that includes the participle - its modifier - and its objects; example: The child - FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE - turned and walked away.






20. A pronoun that does not refer to a specific - person - place - thing - or idea; examples: everyone - everything - everybody - anybody - many - most - few - each - some - someone - all - nothing - nobody - and no one






21. Includes all linking verbs and any action verbs that do not take an object; example: My friends CRIED.






22. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.






23. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.






24. Usually refers to the subject of a sentence; examples: myself - yourself - himself - herself - ourselves - yourselves - and themselves






25. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?






26. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those






27. Verb that tells the time of the action or being






28. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.






29. Joins the subject and the predicate






30. I - me - mine - my - we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - he - she - him - her - his - it - them - them - their - theirs - its






31. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.






32. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






33. Prepositional phrase that modifies a verb - an adjective - or an adverb; examples: The porpoises performed WITH EASE. (tells how) or Shows begin ON THE HOUR. (tells when)






34. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






35. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.






36. Prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun; examples: The killer whale is a species of PORPOISE. (tells what kind of species) or That whale WITH THE UNUSUAL MARKINGS is our favorite. (tells which whale)






37. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.






38. Includes the gerund - its object - and its object's modifiers; WRITING A BEST SELLER is the goal of every novelist.






39. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes.






40. Does not end with - ed to form the past participle; examples; (is - are - am / was / were) ; (has - have / had / had) ; (do - does / did / done) ; ate - grown - bought - sold - spent - taken - etc.






41. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house






42. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






43. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously






44. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.






45. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;






46. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents






47. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE






48. Anything - no one - all - some - several






49. Played / (have - has - had) played --> adding - ed or - d with form have






50. Connects words or word groups