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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. For - and - nor - but - or - yet - so






2. Be - feel - grow - seem - smell - remain - appear - sound - stay - look - taste - turn - become - am - are - is - was - were - am being - can be - have been






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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)






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






10. Tells what the subject of a sentence does or did; example: She SLEEPS every day. She SLEPT every day.






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






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






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






14. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






15. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






16. The most important verb in a phrase






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






18. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Adjectives 'a -' 'an -' and 'the'






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






27. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS






28. Used as a subject or part of a the subject in a sentence; WE are ready to go.






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






30. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.






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






32. Pronoun that asks a question; examples: who - whom - whose - what - which






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






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






35. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






47. Is not the main verb in a phrase; are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer; includes any forms of TO BE






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






49. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






50. 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.