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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






2. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






25. Joins the subject and the predicate






26. 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.






27. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






31. Play / (is - are - am) playing --> adding - ing used with form be






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Points out particular person - place - or things






40. 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)






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. Another - each - neither - many - all - more - other - both - either - few - several - any - most - some






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






44. Connects words or word groups






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






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






47. Common - proper - compound - collective






48. This - that - these - those






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






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







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