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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been
demonstrative adjective
common linking verbs
pronoun
common adverbs (non - ly)
2. Linked group of words preceding noun or pronoun; examples: who - which - that
who
relative pronoun
common prepositions
demonstrative adjective
3. Common - proper - compound - collective
common prepositions
types of nouns
types of indefinite pronouns
mass noun
4. Use as an object pronoun; example: To _____ am I speaking?
whom
abstract noun
intensive pronoun
direct object
5. 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.
past / past participle
irregular verb
superlative adverb
present tense
6. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.
participle
correlative conjunction
intensive pronoun
coordinating conjunction
7. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs
gerund phrase
parts of speech
irregular verb
demonstrative pronoun
8. Shows ownership by more than one person or thing; example: my friends' parents
demonstrative adjective
types of adjectives
indirect object
plural possessive noun
9. An adjective used to compare three or more items; example: This is the HOTTEST day of the year.
superlative adjective
types of indefinite articles
helping verb
gerund
10. A word that modifies - or describes - a noun or pronoun; example: We saw LAZY lions beneath a SHADY tree.
adjective
reflexive pronoun
helping verb
who
11. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house
singular possessive noun
possessive noun
predicate adjective
indefinite pronoun
12. Tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
future perfect
present tense
intensive pronoun
whom
13. Takes the place of one or more noun; example: I - you - he - she - it - we - they - it
conjunction
pronoun
interrogative pronoun
past perfect
14. Common noun that names a group with more than one member; examples: jury - brigade - staff
common pronouns
infinitive phrase
collective noun
object of the preposition
15. Usually refers to the subject of a sentence; examples: myself - yourself - himself - herself - ourselves - yourselves - and themselves
reflexive pronoun
antecedent
types of helping verbs
interjections
16. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.
types of adjectives
subject pronoun
infinitive phrase
adverb phrase
17. The most important verb in a phrase
coordinating conjunctions
main verb
singular possessive noun
past tense
18. Tells which one; examples: this - that - these - and those
past tense
indefinite pronoun
present tense
demonstrative adjective
19. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which
prepositional phrase
singular noun
interrogative pronoun
interjections
20. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
who
verb tense
present perfect
conjunction
21. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so
coordinating conjunctions
superlative adjective
noun
pronoun
22. Includes all linking verbs and any action verbs that do not take an object; example: My friends CRIED.
intransitive verb
types of demonstrative pronouns
concrete noun
singular possessive noun
23. Names a particular person - place - thing - or idea; example: Amelia Earhart - Chicago - Katmai National Park
proper noun
parts of speech
adjective
common adverbs (non - ly)
24. Joins the subject and the predicate
linking verb
proper adjective
indirect object
negatives
25. Use as a subject pronoun; example: _____ is not going?
correlative conjunction
types of verbs
who
common pronouns
26. Anything - no one - all - some - several
adverb
predicate nominative
intensive pronoun
types of indefinite pronouns
27. 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
pronoun
participle
common adverbs (non - ly)
types of indefinite pronouns
28. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously
superlative adverb
subordinating conjunction
singular noun
predicate nominative
29. Tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done; example: Jack showed the DOG kindness.
abstract noun
helping verb
past perfect
indirect object
30. 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.
coordinating conjunction
demonstrative adjective
gerund phrase
action verb
31. Do - does - did - have - has - had - shall - should - will - would - can - could - may - might - must
types of indefinite pronouns
noun
participle
types of helping verbs
32. Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.
main verb
relative pronoun
object pronoun
comparative adverb
33. Connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since - before - unless - however
proper noun
subordinating conjunction
object pronoun
coordinating conjunctions
34. 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
types of indefinite pronouns
personal pronoun
correlative conjunction
types of demonstrative pronouns
35. A common noun that cannot be easily separated into countable units; examples: water - sand - gold - cement - air
future perfect
plural possessive noun
parts of speech
mass noun
36. Names one person - place - or thing; example: principal - cafeteria - stereos
singular possessive noun
types of helping verbs
singular noun
types of indefinite articles
37. Connects words or word groups
present perfect
conjunction
mass noun
indefinite pronoun
38. Verb that tells something that happened in the past; example: Dena LAUGHED at the jokes.
superlative adverb
gerund phrase
adjective
past tense
39. Shows ownership or possession of something; example: Jerome is learning about HIS ancestors.
comparative adjective
possessive pronoun
past perfect
present tense
40. This - that - these - those
present perfect
types of demonstrative pronouns
adjective
types of verbs
41. 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
comparative adverb
mass noun
adverb
who
42. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill.
singular possessive noun
object of the preposition
conjunction
gerund
43. EITHER/OR - NEITHER/NOR - BOTH/AND join pairs of ideas
correlative conjunction
future tense
coordinating conjunction
parts of speech
44. Phrase that includes the participle - its modifier - and its objects; example: The child - FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE - turned and walked away.
correlative conjunction
mass noun
participle phrase
negatives
45. Adjective used when no comparison being made; example: This is a HOT day.
participle
types of adjectives
demonstrative pronoun
positive adjective
46. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.
action verb
common articles
noun
superlative adverb
47. Words that mean no; common negatives: no - not - never - nowhere - nothing - nobody - no one - neither - scarcely - barely; use only one in a sentence
negatives
future tense
present / present participle
participle phrase
48. Is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition; example: The sands of the BEACH were white.
abstract noun
object of the preposition
types of indefinite articles
interjections
49. 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.
antecedent
future perfect
types of helping verbs
predicate adjective
50. Verb that tells something that is happening now; example: Dena LAUGHS at the jokes.
present tense
common linking verbs
adjective
reflexive pronoun
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