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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.






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






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






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






5. This - that - these - those






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Noun that shows ownership or possession






34. The most important verb in a phrase






35. Connects words or word groups






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






37. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. A - and - the






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






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






47. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






49. 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.






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