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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Adjective used when no comparison being made; example: This is a HOT day.






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






13. 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






14. Emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I MYSELF will go.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






31. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






36. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






38. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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