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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously






2. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






6. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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)






16. 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






17. Names an idea - quality - action - or feeling






18. Shows ownership or possession of something; example: Jerome is learning about HIS ancestors.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Joins the subject and the predicate






39. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS






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






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






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






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






44. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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