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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.
interjections
coordinating conjunctions
superlative adjective
common adverbs (non - ly)
2. An adjective that is formed from a proper noun; example: Africa --> African; Scotland --> Scottish
object of the preposition
past tense
proper adjective
abstract noun
3. Phrase that includes the infinitive - it's objects - and the objects modifiers
types of demonstrative pronouns
infinitive phrase
proper adjective
reflexive pronoun
4. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
abstract noun
indirect object
negatives
interrogative pronoun
5. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
present perfect
object pronoun
correlative conjunction
personal pronoun
6. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.
action verb
present perfect
indirect object
subordinating conjunction
7. 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.
types of adjectives
possessive noun
interjections
irregular verb
8. Common - proper - compound - collective
types of nouns
concrete noun
singular noun
infinitive
9. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.
types of demonstrative pronouns
present tense
past perfect
comparative adverb
10. Usually refers to the subject of a sentence; examples: myself - yourself - himself - herself - ourselves - yourselves - and themselves
present tense
reflexive pronoun
proper noun
preposition
11. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.
past tense
helping verb
common articles
preposition
12. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some
plural noun
types of indefinite articles
linking verb
comparative adjective
13. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff
coordinating conjunctions
who
collective noun
irregular verb
14. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park
correlative conjunction
infinitive phrase
interjections
proper noun
15. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles
verb phrase
proper noun
present perfect
types of adjectives
16. 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
indefinite pronoun
common adverbs (non - ly)
common pronouns
who
17. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.
preposition
present perfect
proper adjective
common noun
18. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.
subject pronoun
types of nouns
adjective phrase
predicate adjective
19. Joins the subject and the predicate
linking verb
concrete noun
comparative adjective
participle
20. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
demonstrative pronoun
present tense
future perfect
object of the preposition
21. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house
verb tense
singular possessive noun
types of verbs
coordinating conjunctions
22. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.
gerund phrase
singular noun
adjective
infinitive phrase
23. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence
coordinating conjunctions
positive adjective
common linking verbs
negatives
24. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been
present / present participle
common linking verbs
infinitive
types of demonstrative pronouns
25. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.
comparative adjective
parts of speech
transitive verb
predicate nominative
26. The most important verb in a phrase
common noun
indefinite pronoun
common pronouns
main verb
27. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents
plural possessive noun
mass noun
adjective phrase
negatives
28. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.
interrogative pronoun
present perfect
predicate nominative
participle
29. 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.
indirect object
present tense
infinitive
proper adjective
30. Tells that something will happen in the future; uses WILL with the verb; example: Dena WILL LAUGH at the jokes.
future tense
interjections
adjective
proper noun
31. EITHER/OR - NEITHER/NOR - BOTH/AND join pairs of ideas
who
present tense
subordinating conjunction
correlative conjunction
32. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
verb phrase
gerund
correlative conjunction
main verb
33. 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)
adverb phrase
who
main verb
mass noun
34. Connects words or word groups
indefinite pronoun
types of indefinite articles
indefinite pronoun
conjunction
35. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD
comparative adjective
past perfect
participle
verb phrase
36. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so
coordinating conjunction
coordinating conjunctions
concrete noun
participle phrase
37. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos
negatives
singular noun
gerund
gerund phrase
38. Played / (have - has - had) played --> adding - ed or - d with form have
future tense
past / past participle
types of nouns
subordinating conjunction
39. I - me - mine - my - we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - he - she - him - her - his - it - them - them - their - theirs - its
common pronouns
pronoun
intensive pronoun
conjunction
40. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.
object pronoun
direct object
adjective phrase
indefinite pronoun
41. 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.
predicate adjective
personal pronoun
transitive verb
predicate nominative
42. Includes the gerund - its object - and its object's modifiers; WRITING A BEST SELLER is the goal of every novelist.
gerund phrase
concrete noun
predicate nominative
common noun
43. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs
intransitive verb
parts of speech
present tense
types of demonstrative pronouns
44. Verb that tells the time of the action or being
verb tense
articles
present perfect
common linking verbs
45. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?
gerund
adjective
prepositional phrase
types of verbs
46. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.
articles
transitive verb
singular possessive noun
personal pronoun
47. Emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I MYSELF will go.
common prepositions
types of verbs
demonstrative adjective
intensive pronoun
48. Names an idea - quality - action - or feeling
abstract noun
types of demonstrative pronouns
interrogative pronoun
plural possessive noun
49. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those
demonstrative adjective
whom
participle
gerund
50. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'
articles
concrete noun
linking verb
participle
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