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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Shows ownership by one person or thing; example: my aunt's house






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Adverbs such as lower - nearer - more slowly; faster - more seriously






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






10. 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






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






12. Common - proper - compound - collective






13. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. A - and - the






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Action - linking - helping - phrases






28. Noun that shows ownership or possession






29. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






30. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






33. The most important verb in a phrase






34. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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