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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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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.
types of adjectives
types of verbs
antecedent
relative pronoun
2. Shows ownership or possession of something; example: Jerome is learning about HIS ancestors.
concrete noun
possessive pronoun
transitive verb
irregular verb
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
whom
infinitive
common linking verbs
present perfect
4. EITHER/OR - NEITHER/NOR - BOTH/AND join pairs of ideas
correlative conjunction
future perfect
singular possessive noun
superlative adverb
5. Action - linking - helping - phrases
common noun
superlative adverb
types of verbs
adverb
6. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.
parts of speech
superlative adjective
reflexive pronoun
object pronoun
7. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep
positive adjective
antecedent
types of demonstrative pronouns
plural noun
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.
subject pronoun
comparative adverb
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
9. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.
adjective
whom
present perfect
subject pronoun
10. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?
prepositional phrase
coordinating conjunctions
linking verb
predicate adjective
11. Adjective used when no comparison being made; example: This is a HOT day.
infinitive
relative pronoun
whom
positive adjective
12. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence
negatives
correlative conjunction
past perfect
adjective
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
subject pronoun
interjections
personal pronoun
types of nouns
14. Emphasizes its antecedent; adds emphasis to pronoun or named noun; examples: I MYSELF will go.
noun
mass noun
types of indefinite articles
intensive pronoun
15. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs
present / present participle
common adverbs (non - ly)
parts of speech
intransitive verb
16. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos
indefinite pronoun
singular noun
whom
gerund
17. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it
past tense
parts of speech
who
pronoun
18. Anything - no one - all - some - several
present / present participle
prepositional phrase
types of indefinite pronouns
irregular verb
19. Names an idea - quality - action - or feeling
infinitive phrase
abstract noun
coordinating conjunction
present perfect
20. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.
common prepositions
types of helping verbs
interjections
predicate nominative
21. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
preposition
prepositional phrase
indefinite pronoun
object of the preposition
22. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that
transitive verb
relative pronoun
participle phrase
parts of speech
23. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents
gerund phrase
plural possessive noun
verb phrase
predicate adjective
24. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously
object of the preposition
common adverbs (non - ly)
superlative adverb
helping verb
25. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.
prepositional phrase
present tense
subordinating conjunction
gerund
26. The most important verb in a phrase
main verb
types of helping verbs
indefinite pronoun
adverb
27. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
pronoun
interrogative pronoun
singular possessive noun
action verb
28. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must
comparative adverb
types of helping verbs
common linking verbs
articles
29. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
future perfect
linking verb
comparative adjective
common pronouns
30. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
correlative conjunction
gerund phrase
gerund
possessive pronoun
31. Joins the subject and the predicate
linking verb
types of indefinite articles
action verb
predicate nominative
32. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.
common pronouns
comparative adjective
indirect object
participle
33. Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb; tells who or what receives the action; example: Bobby loved his PARENTS.
infinitive
gerund phrase
direct object
coordinating conjunction
34. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.
concrete noun
past perfect
past tense
common articles
35. Noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject; example: Lassie has been a CELEBRITY for decades.
types of demonstrative pronouns
predicate nominative
relative pronoun
verb tense
36. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles
superlative adverb
verb phrase
types of adjectives
parts of speech
37. Action verb followed by a noun or pronoun that receives the action; example: I KNOW the story.
preposition
transitive verb
types of indefinite pronouns
intransitive verb
38. Points out particular person - place - or things
action verb
demonstrative pronoun
singular possessive noun
common articles
39. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those
demonstrative adjective
plural possessive noun
types of verbs
common linking verbs
40. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.
types of adjectives
indefinite pronoun
past tense
object pronoun
41. Tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done; example: Jack showed the DOG kindness.
action verb
indirect object
linking verb
gerund
42. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
negatives
object pronoun
types of verbs
present perfect
43. Points out person - places - or things - but less clearly;
indefinite pronoun
preposition
subject pronoun
proper adjective
44. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.
past / past participle
action verb
types of demonstrative pronouns
coordinating conjunction
45. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?
proper adjective
prepositional phrase
who
demonstrative pronoun
46. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air
whom
mass noun
who
conjunction
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.
participle
coordinating conjunction
common adverbs (non - ly)
interjections
48. I - me - mine - my - we - us - our - ours - you - your - yours - he - she - him - her - his - it - them - them - their - theirs - its
subject pronoun
common pronouns
common noun
coordinating conjunctions
49. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?
present perfect
whom
demonstrative adjective
past tense
50. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.
verb phrase
singular noun
proper noun
participle