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Praxis II Language And Linguistics Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Verb that functions as an adjective; example: A RUNNING horse galloped down the road.






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






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






4. Pronoun that ends in - self or - selves






5. Connects words or word groups






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






7. This - that - these - those






8. Tense with the past participle and helping verb HAD






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. The most important verb in a phrase






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Contains the main verb and helping verbs






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Joins the subject and the predicate






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






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






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






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






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






47. An adjective used to compare two items; example: Today is HOTTER than yesterday.






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






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






50. 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.