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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






2. Connects words or word groups






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






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






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






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






7. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.






8. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park






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






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






11. Names any person place - thing or idea; example: pilot - city - park






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. Noun that shows ownership or possession






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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)






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






35. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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