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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






2. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers






3. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






5. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however






6. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?






7. A verb that functions as a noun or adjective; the word TO precedes the verb in an infinitive; example: Someday - I would like TO WRITE beautiful poetry.






8. This - that - these - those






9. A word that names a person - place - thing - or idea; example: boy - Juan - river - Texas






10. Action - linking - helping - phrases






11. 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)






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'






17. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so






18. Afterward - already - quick - hard - never - today - even - low - rather - tomorrow - how - now - then - yesterday - late - often - almost - back - long - soon - when - here - next - still - where - far - more - slow - too - fast - near - so






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






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






21. A - and - the






22. An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of a sentence; includes forms of taste - look - feel - smell - appear - seem - and become; example: I look TIRED - but I feel FINE.






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






24. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.






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






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






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






28. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs






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






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






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






32. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that






33. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






35. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.






36. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must






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






38. Names things you can see and touch; examples: pizza - kitten - diamond






39. Words that describes verbs - adjectives - or other -----; answers when - where - how - to what extent; modifies a verb - adjective - or -----; tells how - when - where - or to what extent; example: Our skates move EFFORTLESSLY. (how) or The ice is gl






40. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






41. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






42. Points out particular person - place - or things






43. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






44. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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