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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






3. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Noun that shows ownership or possession






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






14. About - behind - above - across - as - after - between - beyond - beside - despite - during - for - inside - in - near - off - outside - onto - opposite - around - against - along - at - before - below - beneath - but - by - down - except - from - in






15. 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.






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. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






19. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






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






23. 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)






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






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






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






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






28. A - and - the






29. Points out particular person - place - or things






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






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






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






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






34. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






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






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






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






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






39. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. The most important verb in a phrase