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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence; example: I walked ALONG the beach.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Names more than one person - place - or thing; example: principals - switches - communities - toys - leaves - roofs - radios - potatoes - feet - sheep






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






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






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






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






23. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Connects words or word groups






43. 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






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






45. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






46. A - and - the






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






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






49. Noun that shows ownership or possession






50. Prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun; examples: The killer whale is a species of PORPOISE. (tells what kind of species) or That whale WITH THE UNUSUAL MARKINGS is our favorite. (tells which whale)