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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

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1. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






5. Connects words or word groups






6. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish






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






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






9. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






14. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






20. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.






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






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






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






24. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






28. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






30. 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






31. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. A - and - the






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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







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