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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Adjectives - adverbs - conjunctions - interjections - nouns - pronouns - prepositions - verbs






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. The most important verb in a phrase






8. Common - proper - compound - collective






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






23. Common - proper - compound - articles - indefinite articles






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. This - that - these - those






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






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






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






38. Action - linking - helping - phrases






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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