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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






15. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






19. A - and - the






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






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






22. A pronoun that does not refer to a specific - person - place - thing - or idea; examples: everyone - everything - everybody - anybody - many - most - few - each - some - someone - all - nothing - nobody - and no one






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






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






25. A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling; example: WELL - Snoopy is at the typewriter again.






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






27. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house






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






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






30. Action - linking - helping - phrases






31. 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)






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






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






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






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






36. Joins the subject and the predicate






37. 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.






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






39. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






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






45. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






46. This - that - these - those






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






48. Adverbs such as lowest - nearest - most slowly; fastest - most seriously






49. Points out particular person - place - or things






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







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