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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air






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






3. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be






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






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






15. EITHER/OR - NEITHER/NOR - BOTH/AND join pairs of ideas






16. 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)






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






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






19. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. AND - BUT - and OR join ideas that are similar; remember to place a comma before you write sentences; example: Craig gets in trouble - BUT he usually gets out of it.






27. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos






28. 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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






33. 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






34. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






36. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






48. Takes the place of a noun or nouns; they show number and gender; example: singular: I - me - my - mine - you - your - yours - he - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its / plural: we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - they - them - their - the






49. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






50. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?