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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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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






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






3. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Connects words or word groups






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






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






40. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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







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