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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Is made up of a preposition - the object of the preposition - and all the words in between: example: Who lives IN THAT HOUSE?






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done; example: Jack showed the DOG kindness.






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






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






13. 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)






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






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






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






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






18. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Common - proper - compound - collective






39. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






41. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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